Bahamian History

When most travelers think of Nassau today, they picture turquoise water, white-sand beaches, and colorful colonial buildings. But long before luxury resorts and beach bars, Nassau was one of the most infamous ports in the Caribbean — a place where pirates didn’t just pass through, they ruled. In the early 1700s, Nassau became the heart of what history calls the Republic of Pirates. During this time, notorious figures like Blackbeard , Calico Jack Rackham , and Anne Bonny use