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"West Indies" or "West India" was a part of the names of several companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the Danish West India Company, the Dutch West India Company, the French West India Company, and the Swedish West India Company. [12] West Indian is the official term used by the U.S. government to refer to people of the West ...
When the Central and South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea (many of which have a cultural and linguistic heritage that sets their history out of the scope of the region) are excluded, the Caribbean covers the same geographical area as the West Indies, containing a total of 16 sovereign states (general sense) and 12 island ...
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Long Island: 596 Bahamas: 97 Saint James: 594.9 Jamaica: 98 Freeport: 558 Bahamas: 99 Tunapuna–Piarco: 510 Trinidad and Tobago: 100 Siparia: 495 Trinidad and Tobago: 101 Hanover: 450.4 Jamaica: 102 Wanica: 443 Suriname: 103 Hermanas Mirabal: 440.43 Dominican Republic: 104 Saint Andrew: 430.7 Jamaica: 105 Acklins: 389 Bahamas: 106 Cat Island ...
The West Indies Federation, [2] [3] also known as the West Indies, [4] [5] the Federation of the West Indies [6] or the West Indian Federation, [7] [8] [9] was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962.
The Caribbean with West Indies Federation members in red. The short-lived federation was made up of British West Indies colonies from 1958–62.. Between 1958 and 1962, there was a short-lived federation between several English-speaking Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation, which consisted of all the island nations (except the Bahamas), and the territories (excluding Bermuda ...
The Lesser and Greater Antilles, together with the Lucayan Archipelago, are collectively known as the Caribbean islands or West Indies. The islands were dominantly Kalinago compared to the Greater Antilles which was settled by the Taíno, the boundary set between them is known as the "poison arrow curtain" for the Kalinago's favoured weapon for ...
1 Map. 2 Table. 3 See also. 4 References. ... List of Caribbean islands by political affiliation; List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies;