Turks & Caicos Islands
Reisboeken en Landkaarten
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De TCI maakten tot 1962 deel uit van de Britse kolonie Jamaica. Na het onafhankelijk worden van Jamaica werden de TCI een kroonkolonie. De gouverneur van de Bahamas stond aan het hoofd van de kolonie van 1965 tot 1973, toen de Bahamas onafhankelijk werden. In 1973 kregen de eilanden hun eigen gouverneur. Er werden voorbereidingen getroffen voor de onafhankelijkheid van de TCI in 1982, maar de eilanden zijn tot op de dag van vandaag een Brits Overzees Territorium.
reisgidsen:
* FLIPPIN, A.L. - Frommer's Portable Turks & Caicos, uitg.: Frommer's (3e ed.okt.2010), ISBN 9780470630983, paperback, 168 blz., €14,50
* FODOR - Fodor's In Focus Turks & Caicos Islands, uitg.: Fodor (1e ed.juli 2009), ISBN 9781400003884, paperback, 176 blz., €13,00
Fodor's Turks & Caicos Islands features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime. If it's not worth your time, it's not in this book. Fodor's discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor's Choice designations, ensure that you'll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Turks & Caicos.
* HAYNE, Tricia & Annalisa Rellie - Turks & Caicos Islands, uitg.: Bradt Travel Guides (2008), ISBN 9781841622682, paperback, 208 blz., bevat 19 kartjes en plattegronden, €21,80
With a pleasant climate all year round, the 40 islands of theTCI is one of the world's top destinations for diving and snorkelling. With coral reef reaching depths of more than 7,000ft, TCI is world-renowned for its wall diving. Turks and Caicos Islands also reveals the islands' lesser-known terrestrial attractions. Soak up Bermudian architecture in the historical old capital, Cockburn Town; visit one of the best museums in the Caribbean, inspired by the oldest shipwreck in the Americas at Molasses Reef; or simply unwind on one of the country's idyllic beaches.
* SMITHERS, Amelia & Anthony Taylor - The Turks and Caicos Islands: Lands of Discovery, uitg.: MacMillan Caribbean ((3e ed. 2003), ISBN 9780333929612, paperback, 80 blz., €12,95
The TCI are a British Overseas Territory with its administrative capital in Grand Turk, although nowadays the vast majority of visitors come to Providenciales, or Provo as it is known. Clear turquoise waters, extensive coral reefs and the vast number of islands make TCI one of the worlds leading dive destinations, whilst also containing some very exclusive resorts. This 3rd edition of the ever popular guidebook has been updated to reflect the change in visitor destinations from Grand Turk to Provo, whilst retaining the insight into the culture and history of the islands often overlooked in other guidebooks which combine TCI with The Bahamas.
natuur:
* HALLETT, Bruce - Birds of The Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands, uitg.: MacMillan Caribbean (2006), ISBN 9780333937440, paperback, 256 blz., €13,00
A comprehensive ornithological guide introducing both visitors and residents to the bird life of the The Bahamas and the neighbouring Turks and Caicos Islands. The book contains colour photographs and information on the breeding birds of the region plus the most commonly recorded migrants that either pass through on their way to other destinations or stay during the winter season. The level of presentation is introductory and many detailed explanations and more technical terms have been avoided. Behaviour and habitat preferences are covered as well as calls and songs.
geschiedenis:
* MILLS, Carlton - A History of the Turks and Caicos Islands, uitg.: MacMillan Caribbean (2009), ISBN 9781405098946, paperback, 296 blz., €28,90
The Turks & Caicos Islands is an archipelago of half a dozen populated islands and numerous other islets and cays located just to the south of the Bahamas chain of islands. One of the few remaining British Overseas Territories, its history is a patchwork of indigenous settlement, alleged first point of New World contact by Christopher Columbus, colonial rule, the slavery era, and constitutional multi-party government. A History of the Turks & Caicos Islands aims to examine the nature of all these, and other aspects of the Turks & Caicos identity.
The book is divided into three parts:
I: The Environment and Natural Resources of the Turks & Caicos Islands
II: Past Social and Political History of the Turks & Caicos Islands
III: The Contemporary Social and Political History of the Turks & Caicos Islands
landkaarten:
Er zijn geen kaarten van de Turks & Caicos Eilanden verkrijgbaar.
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