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Greater Antilles, the four largest islands of the Antilles—Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico—their outlying islands, and the Cayman Islands, all lying north of the Lesser Antilles chain. They constitute nearly 90 percent of the total land area of the entire West.
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Antilles, group of islands located in the Caribbean Sea and...
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The first European contact with the Greater Antilles came from Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas, as he sailed south from the Bahamas, exploring the northeast coast of Cuba and northern coast of Hispaniola. The Spanish began to create permanent settlements on Cuba and Hispaniola.
Antilles, group of islands located in the Caribbean Sea and comprising all of the West Indies except The Bahamas. They are divided into two major groups: the Greater Antilles, including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and the Lesser Antilles, comprising.
The Antillean islands are divided into two groups: the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles consists of Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, and Hispaniola. Hispaniola is divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The islands ruled by Spain were chiefly the Greater Antilles: Hispaniola (inclusive of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. The majority of the Taíno, the indigenous populations on these islands, had died out or had mixed with the European colonizers by 1520. [2] .
14 Αυγ 2020 · Within the Caribbean Sea, the island chains are divided between the Greater and Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles are the larger of the islands and are generally accepted to be Cuba, Hispaniola which holds Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.
The Greater Antilles consists of the four largest islands in the Caribbean, which are Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. The Lesser Antilles consists of smaller islands, such as the...
