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Providence Plantations refers to the mainland portion of the state, which included Williams's Providence Plantation and Samuel Gortonâs Shawomet Purchase (1642), which was renamed Warwick Plantation. Rhode Island referred to Aquidneck Island, on which the settlements of Portsmouth (1638) and Newport (1639) were established.
New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population.[1] It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau.[2][3][4] The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed little interest in ...