Bahamas Collection

The part of the Bahama banks, from The West-India atlas, 1771. Creator: Jefferys, Thomas (ca. 1719-1771)
The part of the Bahama banks, from The West-India atlas, 1771. Private Collection

Map of the island of New Providence one of the Bahamas Islands in the West Indies, Mid 18th cen
Map of the island of New Providence one of the Bahamas Islands in the West Indies, Mid of the 18th. Private Collection

British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, c1910s. View of a large hotel on the Caribbean sea. Hand-coloured postcard

Earth from space - Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space - Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, c1980s

Esfakis - Sponge Packing House - Nassau, Bahamas, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Esfakis - Sponge Packing House - Nassau, Bahamas, c1930s. Women processing sponges for export, cleaning and trimming them in the warehouse

Sponge Market, Nassau, Bahamas, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Sponge Market, Nassau, Bahamas, 1930s. At the height of the Bahamian sponge industry at the turn of the 20th century, the sponge fleet consisted of some 600 vessels

The Government Buildings at Nassau, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Children playing in the Bahamas. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Paradise Beach, Hog Island, Bahamas, c1930. [P.M. Lightbourn, Nassau, Bahamas, c1930]

Palm Trees, Nassau, 1898, (1932). Artist: Winslow Homer
Palm Trees, Nassau, 1898, (1932). Painting held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From An Outline of Modern Painting in Europe and America, by S. C. Kaines Smith

Cuban revolutionaries in Nassau, (1895), 1920s
Cuban revolutionaries in Nassau, December 1895, waiting to come out of Cuba in an expedition; Eduardo Yero, Pedro Batancourt, Cosme de la Torriente, Martin Marrero, Guarino Landa, Gerardo Domenech

Columbus Takes possession of San Salvador for Spain, 1904
It is believed that during Columbus (c1451-1506) first expedition to the New World, San Salvador Island was the first land he sighted and visited on 12 October 1492

View of Nassau, Bahamas, c1880

Nassau, Bahamas, c1880. View showing ships in the harbour

Silk Cotton Tree, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, c1900s. Published by The Inter-State Co. (New York)

On the road to Blue Hills, Bahamas, c1900s

The British Colonial Hilton Hotel, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, 1911. As seen from the Priory

Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas, 1931. Published by Sands Studio

General view of Hopetown, Abaco Island, c1890. Artist: A Kohl
General view of Hopetown, Abaco Island, Bahamas, c1890. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890)

The Royal Victoria Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, c1900s

Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was put into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31 on 24 April 1990

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