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3 unusual facts about Turks and Caicos Islands


Bibliography of the Turks and Caicos Islands

This is a list of books in the English language which deal with the general subject of the Turks and Caicos Islands,their geography, history, people, culture, biota, etc.

Cyril Wool-Lewis

Cyril Eric Wool-Lewis (1906 – 1975) was a British Colonial administrator whose responsibilities included the Turks and Caicos Islands.

From 1947 to 1952, Wool-Lewis was Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands.


Akierra Missick

Missick, though the only U.S.-born candidate, was far from the only one to had to take quick action to renounce foreign citizenship; Bahamas-born People's Democratic Movement deputy leader Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and several other members of her party were also affected, and the newly formed People's Progressive Party stood in danger of having all of its candidates disqualified.

Antilles

The Lucayan Archipelago (consisting of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands), though part of the West Indies, are generally not included among the Antillean islands.

Jim Poston

James "Jim" Poston, CBE (19 June 1945 – 13 October 2007) was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2002 to 2005.

Tanya Streeter

In 2002, she broke the men's No Limit (NLT) world diving record by diving to a depth of 525 feet (160 m) near the Turks and Caicos Islands, a record which was surpassed later that year by French diver Loïc Leferme (162 m).


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Bartschi

Cyclura carinata bartschi, the Bartsch's iguana or Booby Cay iguana, a subspecies of lizard endemic to Booby Cay, in the Turks and Caicos Islands

James Greenway

In 1936, he and one of his brothers flew across the Bahamas from north to south, and were the first to land a plane on East Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands; the school children were let out of school for the special occasion.

Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands

On 12 June 2012, British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced to the House of Commons in London that sufficient progress had been made towards the milestones that elections would be held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 9 November.