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Bookmark or Share- The French Lesser Antilles - Atlantic History - Oxford ...Introduction. The Lesser Antilles are distinct from the Greater Antilles according to two geographical criteria: their proximity to Europe and their smaller area. These two characteristics made the Lesser Antilles relatively easier to settle, leading to French colonization of the small islands in the early 17th century, before the colonization ...
- Greater Antilles - WikipediaThe Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands. Six island states share the region of the Greater Antilles, with Haiti and the Dominican Republic sharing the island of Hispaniola.
- Antilles - WikipediaThe Antilles [1] is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east. The Antillean islands are divided into two smaller groupings: the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.
- Greater Antilles | Islands, Map, & Countries | BritannicaGreater 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 Indies.
- Lesser Antilles – Travel guide at WikivoyageThe Lesser Antilles are an archipelago in the southeastern Caribbean, forming a boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. These islands were the first part of the New World to be settled and colonised by Europeans.
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