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Map of Antilles / Caribbean in 1843. The 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.
The word Antilles originated in the period before the European conquest of the New World.Europeans used the term Antillia as one of the mysterious lands featured on medieval charts, sometimes as an archipelago, sometimes as continuous land of greater or lesser extent, its location fluctuating mid-ocean between the Canary Islands and Eurasia.
Isla de Margarita — Coche — Cubagua (form the state of Nueva Esparta) Los Monjes — Las Aves — Los Roques (Gran Roque, Francisquí, Isla Larga, Nordisquí, Madrisquí, Crasquí, Cayo Espenquí, Cayo Carenero, Cayo de Agua, Dos Mosquises, Cayo Sal, Cayo Grande) — Los Hermanos — Los Frailes — Aves — La Sola — La Tortuga (Cayo ...
The main gathering point of the idealists was San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. From the ideal of the (Antillean Confederation) another idea was born in the 1900s by José de Diego, The Antillean Union. Strong supporters of this idea: Eugenio María de Hostos, [1] also known as The Citizen of the Americas
The Lesser Antilles [1] is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean region of the Americas.They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west.
Conquista de México; Nuevo Reino de León; Historia de Filipinas; Conquista de Yucatán; Florida española; Comandancia General de las Provincias Internas; Nuevas Filipinas; Organización territorial del Virreinato de Nueva España; Portal:Costa Rica; Portal:Nueva España/La foto del mes; Historia territorial del Estado de México; Santa Fe de ...
Saint Lucia [9] is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. [10] Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique.
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ⓘ; Papiamento: Antia Hulandes), [2] also known as the Dutch Antilles, [3] was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, and Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the Leeward Antilles.