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Bahamas versus Burma
Does anybody know that Bahamas was named after "Burma (Bermah, now Myanmar)"?

I have read an article somewhere a few years ago by a historian, that during the time of Christopher Columbus, India was hot in Europe for its spices, gold, and precious stones. That's the main reason that gave a push to Colubus and his collegues finding India. At that time in history, location and direction to go to India was kept secret to the best merchants of Europe, with the intension to monopoly its commerce.

Burma was well known to Portugese and Burma already was its major European trader partner at that time. Many Europeans have heard that Burma is located next to India. It is a well known accepted fact that those who discovered America thought it was India, so they named the natives "Indian", whom were later called "American Indians".

It could be a fact, or at least a theory that when Portugese passed by Bahamas Islands, they wrongly identified that it must be Bermah, existing next to the land of Indians. After all these years, Bermah (or Burma) was spelt differently from what we know Burma and now known as 'The Bahamas'.

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