Bermuda
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Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km to the west-northwest.
John Smith wrote one of the first histories of Bermuda in 1624 (combined with Virginia and New England).
Bermuda Gazette of 12 November 1796, calling for privateering against Spain and its allies; it has advertisements for crew for two privateer vessels.
RML 11 inch 25 ton gun at Fort George in St. George's, Bermuda.
Mullet Bay and the harbour at St. George's, the original capital
British West Indies
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The British West Indies were the territories in the West Indies under British rule, including Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Bermud
British West Indies in 1900
A linen market in Dominica in the 1770s
Planting the sugar cane, Antigua, 1823
Rose Hall plantation, Jamaica c. 1820