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About the Caribbean:
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


" The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. These islands curve southward from the bottom tip of Florida to the Northwest of Venezuela in South America. There are at least 7000 islands, islets, reefs and cayes in the region. They are organized into twenty-five territories including sovereign states, overseas departments and dependencies.

The name "West Indies" originates from Christopher Columbus' idea that he had landed in India when he had in fact reached the Americas. The Caribbean consists of the Antilles and the Bahamas and is part of North America.

At one time there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of the English-speaking Caribbean islands of the region.

Historical groupings
Most islands at some point were, or still are, colonies of European nations:

British West Indies - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands

Danish West Indies - present-day United States Virgin Islands

Dutch West Indies - present-day Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

French West Indies - the French overseas departements of Guadeloupe and Martinique

Spain - Cuba, Hispaniola (present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico


The British West Indies, formerly united in the West Indies Federation, still make up a composite cricket team that successfully competes in test matches and one-day internationals. The West Indies cricket team also includes the South American nation of Guyana, a former British colony....".

  • For more details click countries in the Caribbean
 
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