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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The Bahamas
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Member of the *Commonwealth since independence in 1973, consisting of some 700 islands (30 inhabited) to the southeast of Florida. They were first settled by English colonists from *Bermuda in the 1640s. The duke of Windsor was governor of the islands during World War II, after his abdication as *Edward VIII.
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