Nassau

Nassau is the capital, largest city and commercial center of the Bahamas, situated on New Providence Island.
==History==
===Founding===
New Providence was first settled around 1648 by English Puritans who had fled for religious reasons.Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia Originally called Charles-Towne, the city founded in the northeast of the island was renamed Nassau in 1695, in honor of King William III of the . After the city's officially appointed governor skipped town, it severed the British Empire's control over the Bahamas.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Database: Nassau
===Pirate haven===
In 1696, the pirate sailed into the harbor at Nassau with shiploads of stolen loot. He bribed the governor into making Nassau a safe refuge for privateers–in essence, a protected pirate base.Assassin's Creed: A Walk Through History (1189-1868) – Chapter 4: The Golden Age of Piracy – Nassau
In 1715, during the Golden Age of Piracy, Nassau became the capital of the self-declared Republic of Pirates. The proto-state operated under a paradoxically anarchic form of government and was commonly visited by pirates, including Edward Kenway, Charles Vane, Jack Rackham, and the Republic's three founders: Benjamin Hornigold, James Kidd, and Edward Thatch.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – 
In May 1717, the pirates Alonzo Batilla and Olivier Levasseur arrived in Nassau, after deciding that Nassau would be the perfect place to store the Fragment of Eden they acquired from Samuel Bellamy. They were greeted by the pirate Christopher Condent, who informed them about the lack of food, water, and rum in Nassau. This prompted Alonzo to attack a British merchant convoy nearby, thus providing food for the inhabitants of Nassau. Condent reminded Alonzo about the rum, which Alonzo would later recover from shipwreck. Alonzo then prevented Vane from attacking the Royal Navy to protect Nassau from attacks by the British. After escorting Vane back to the city, Alonzo learned that Levasseur had left, and he too left Nassau to search his friend.Assassin's Creed: Pirates – The Pirate Republic
By early 1718, the city was suffering from crippling famine and sickness. As a result, Kenway and Thatch set out to find medicine in order to help the city get on its feet. They were able to locate the cure in Charles-Towne and Edward brought it back to Nassau, along with the materials needed to mix more medicine.
In July of the same year, the newly appointed Governor of Nassau, Woodes Rogers, quickly asserted his control over the island. Headquartered in the city's fort, and working with his Navy attaché, Commodore Peter Chamberlaine, he established a blockade on Nassau's harbor, effectively imprisoning all pirates whether they accepted the King's pardon or not, and dissolved the young Pirate Republic. However, Kenway was able to eliminate Chamberlaine on his ship, and along with Vane and Rackham, destroyed the bulk of the blockade and escaped the island. 
However, even with Chamberlaine dead and the fleet scuttled, the British still retained control of the island. Woodes Rogers remained as governor of the Bahamas until he was recalled by King George I, but returned for a second term, lasting from 1728 until his death in 1732. 
Nassau also had its own Assassin bureau, headed by the brothers Upton and Vance Travers. Vance had designs to kill Upton and take control of the bureau and Upton's half of the map that the siblings shared, with the help of the Templar Jing Lang, but the two were swiftly eliminated by Edward Kenway.
==Trivia==
*In Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, during Sequence 7, it is impossible to fast travel from or across Nassau, due to the British blockade and occupation.
==Gallery==
ACI Ungoverned Island.jpg|Aerial view of Nassau
Nassau - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Nassau
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag concept art 14.jpg|Concept art of Nassau
ACIPirateRepublicScrutiny.jpg|Concept art of the Queen's Staircase in Nassau
AC4BF Nassau Ship Graveyard - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Nassau's ship graveyard
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag concept art 20.jpg|Concept art of Nassau's docks
ACIBeachesOfNassau.jpg|Concept art of Nassau's beaches
AC4 Old Avery.png|The Old Avery
We Demand A Parlay 1.png|British forces arriving in Nassau
The Gunpowder Plot 1.png|Edward and Vane overlooking the town from the Old Avery
The Gunpowder Plot 3.png|Edward watching the British blockade
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 
*Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
*Assassin's Creed: Memories 
*Assassin's Creed: Pirates
*Assassin's Creed: Identity 
==References==
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Category:Port cities
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