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Is someone considered a pacific islander if they are from the West Indies?
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What race is the West Indies?
caribbean windee
Is Pacific Ocean coastline in Central America or West Indies or both?
The Pacific Ocean touches the western coast of Central America, but not the West Indies. The West Indies are in the Atlantic Ocean.
What was the enterprise of the indies?
what was considered to be 'enterprise of the indies.'
Is the Caribbean sea an arm of the pacific ocean?
The West Indies separate the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The West Indies includes the islands of the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.
Group of islands found close together in the sea?
west indies or pacific ocean
What did Vasco Nunez de balboa see on his trip?
he saw the pacific ocean and found he was not in the indies
What are cyclones called in west Indies?
Violent tropical storms in the western Pacific Ocean are called Typhoons. The same type of storm in the West Indies and Caribbean Sea are called hurricanes.
What islands begin with letter n?
Nevis Island, West Indies Naura, in the West Pacific New Britain, in the West Pacific, Bismarck group New Caladonia, Pacific, South west of Vanuatu, an overseas department of France
Is Suriname part of the West Indies?
Suriname is generally not considered to be a part of the West Indies. Though they are sometimes looped in together.
What did the explorations of of Vespucci balboa and Magellan accomplish?
Together they opened the Pacific Ocean for Spanish exploration and Control.Magellan organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.Vespucci first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially thought.Balboa is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.If this isn't what your looking for i am sorry :(
Why are the Caribbean islands called the west lndies?
Columbus called these islands the Indiesbecause he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies). Spain, when Columbus' mistake was discovered, (pardon the pun) renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands in the Pacific Ocean, (the East Indies) which we now call Indonesia.
Which large island in the West Indies is considered to be a commonwealth in free association with the US?
Puerto Rico.
