Eleuthera - Revision history

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‎Timeline

Gigermann at 19:48, 16 February 2023

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Gigermann at 20:04, 1 December 2022

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Gigermann: /* Harbour Island */

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‎Harbour Island

Gigermann at 21:25, 30 November 2022

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Gigermann: /* Locations */

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‎Locations

Gigermann: /* Harbour Island */

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‎Harbour Island

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 =Timeline=
-Feb 1725:
+-13 Feb 1725:
-*Arrived in afternoon
+*Arrived in afternoon, 12 Feb
 *[[John Hayden]] spoke with [[Thomas Friendly]] regarding [[Matthew_Sumner|his son's]] whereabouts
 *[[Dora]] captured by [[Mikkel "the Hound" Skaarup]], rescued. Mikkel captured, released.
 *Crew questioned by Lt.Edmund Brace of ''HMS Hazard''
-*Departed late
+*Departed late 13 Feb
 =Gallery=

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 |Location        = 25°10’N, 76°14’W
 |Level           = 2
-|Population      = 700
+|Population      = 700 (-2)
 |Forts           = NA
 |Commodities     = NA

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 *Arrived in afternoon
 *[[John Hayden]] spoke with [[Thomas Friendly]] regarding [[Matthew_Sumner|his son's]] whereabouts
-*[[Dora]] captured by a bounty-hunter, rescued.
+*[[Dora]] captured by [[Mikkel "the Hound" Skaarup]], rescued. Mikkel captured, released.
 Feb 1725:
 *Crew questioned by Lt.Edmund Brace of ''HMS Hazard''

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 *Arrived in afternoon
 *[[John Hayden]] spoke with [[Thomas Friendly]] regarding [[Matthew_Sumner|his son's]] whereabouts
-*[[Dora]] captured by a bounty-hunter.
+*[[Dora]] captured by a bounty-hunter, rescued.
 =Gallery=

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 [[File:Harbourisland1718.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hand-drawn map of Harbour Island, by Richard Thompson, 1718]]<p>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Island_(Bahamas) Wikipedia]</p>
 <p>In the mid-17th century, British puritans in search of religious freedom, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on Eleuthera across the water, then on Harbour Island. These settlers established an independent government and settlement that lasted for nearly 70 years, from when the puritans landed in 1650 to when Harbour Island surrendered its rights to the British Crown in 1717. Life was harsh in those years, and wrecking became an important source of income. Residents of Harbour Island had licenses to assist wrecked ships in return for a third of the recovered goods. Legend has it the wreckers promoted their business by luring ships onto reefs. But some historians counter that the locals were just as likely to prioritize saving lives over saving the loot.</p>
-<p>The population of Harbour Island at the time of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers Woodes Rogers'] governorship comprised 60 families, including 80 men formed into a militia. Rogers appointed Richard Thompson as Deputy Governor of the settlement. Thompson continued to sit on the council and kept control of the government from the time of Rogers' death until his own in 1733. By the 1720s, Nassau was once again secure, and much of Harbour Island's population had returned to New Providence. Governor Phenney reports only 129 people living on the island (and only 29 white men able to bear arms) in 1722.</p>
+<p>The population of Harbour Island at the time of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers Woodes Rogers'] governorship comprised 60 families, including 80 men formed into a militia. Rogers appointed Richard Thompson as Deputy Governor of the settlement. Thompson continued to sit on the council and kept control of the government from the time of Rogers' death until his own in 1733. By the 1720s, Nassau was once again secure, and much of Harbour Island's population had returned to New Providence. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Phenney Governor Phenney] reports only 129 people living on the island (and only 29 white men able to bear arms) in 1722.</p>
 <p>Small vessels with local knowledge make their approach either from the N, by way of an intricate passage leading close off Eleuthera Island’s N extremity, or from the open sea by way of South Bar, the passage of Harbour Island. The great harbour is very shallow: short of one fathom in a couple of places along either route, requiring even smaller vessels to wait for high tide to traverse; the tidal currents are strong, a swell is always present, and the sea frequently breaks.</p>
 *Home of [[Thomas Friendly]]

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 *By 1717, the pirates made their main base at New Providence, but also had a battery manned by fifty of their number at Harbour Island. The battery containing a dozen guns lies mostly in ruin at the S end of the island.
-==Features==
+==Other Features==
 ===The Devil's Backbone===
 A long reef off the north of the island. English ships are instructed to avoid it and sail around to the south. All other vessels, however, are left to their fate, their floating cargo to be claimed later by right of salvage. The more ruthless officials (and pirates) often hang lanterns on donkeys and walk them along the reef at night in order to simulate ships, thereby drawing unwary (and thus enemy) vessels to their doom here.

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 =Locations=
 ==Harbour Island==
-[[File:Harbourisland1718.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hand-drawn map of Harbour Island, 1718]]<p>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Island_(Bahamas) Wikipedia]</p>
+[[File:Harbourisland1718.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hand-drawn map of Harbour Island, by Richard Thompson, 1718]]<p>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Island_(Bahamas) Wikipedia]</p>
 <p>In the mid-17th century, British puritans in search of religious freedom, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on Eleuthera across the water, then on Harbour Island. These settlers established an independent government and settlement that lasted for nearly 70 years, from when the puritans landed in 1650 to when Harbour Island surrendered its rights to the British Crown in 1717. Life was harsh in those years, and wrecking became an important source of income. Residents of Harbour Island had licenses to assist wrecked ships in return for a third of the recovered goods. Legend has it the wreckers promoted their business by luring ships onto reefs. But some historians counter that the locals were just as likely to prioritize saving lives over saving the loot.</p>
 <p>The population of Harbour Island at the time of Woodes Rogers' governorship comprised 60 families, including 80 men formed into a militia. Rogers appointed Richard Thompson as Deputy Governor of the settlement. Thompson continued to sit on the council and kept control of the government from the time of Rogers' death until his own in 1733. By the 1720s, Nassau was once again secure, and much of Harbour Island's population had returned to New Providence. Governor Phenney reports only 129 people living on the island (and only 29 white men able to bear arms) in 1722.</p>