WebThe word Antilles originated in the period before the European colonization of the Americas, Antilia being one of those mysterious lands which figured on the medieval charts, sometimes as an archipelago, sometimes as continuous land of greater or lesser extent, its location fluctuating in mid-ocean between the Canary Islands and India.. After the 1492 arrival of …

WebThe Leeward Islands (/ ˈ l iː w ər d /) are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe and its dependencies. In English, the term Leeward Islands refers to the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain.

WebThe Greater Antilles (Spanish: Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; French: Grandes Antilles Haitian Creole: Gwo Zantiy Jamaican Patois: Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands.Six island states share the region of the Greater Antilles, with Haiti …

WebThe Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] (); Papiamento: Antia Hulandes) was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea.The islands were also informally known as the Dutch Antilles. The country came …

WebThe Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles.Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the Leeward Islands, approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W.. The name was also used to refer to a British colony which existed between 1833 and 1960 and originally consisted of the islands of …

WebThe Leeward Antilles are also a separate island arc, which is accreting to South America. Political divisions [ edit ] The Lesser Antilles are divided into eight independent nations and numerous dependent and non-sovereign states (which are politically associated with the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States).

WebLes îles Sous-le-Vent sont des îles qui font partie des Petites Antilles.. Différences linguistiques. Une différence linguistique notable existe entre la langue anglaise et les autres langues occidentales (française, néerlandaise, espagnole, etc.) quant à la dénomination et le regroupement des Petites Antilles.La confusion existe principalement en anglais selon …

WebThe capture of Jamaica in 1655 expanded British control beyond these small islands in the Lesser Antilles.: 221 Leeward Islands. A linen market in Dominica in the 1770s. Sir William Stapleton established the first federation in the British West Indies in 1674. He set up a General Assembly of the ...

WebLIAT (1974) Ltd, also known as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services and operating as LIAT, is a regional airline headquartered in Antigua and Barbuda that operated high-frequency inter-island scheduled services to 15 destinations in the Caribbean.The airline's main base was V.C. Bird International Airport, Antigua and Barbuda, with a secondary …

WebSint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] ()) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of 41.44 km 2 (16.00 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French …