The Greater Antilles.
The West Indies
The Islands Christopher Columbus explored was Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas.
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The four largest islands in the Caribbean in order of size are Cuba with an area 105,806 square kilometers, Hispaniola with 76,479 square kilometers, Jamaica with 11,188 square kilometers, and Puerto Rico with 8,896 square kilometers. The fifth largest island on this list is Trinidad.
It was called the Hispaniola.
The chain of islands in the Caribbean with cuba is called Greater Antilles.
The island containing the Dominican Republic and Haiti is called Hispaniola.The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is located on the island called Puerto Rico.
the benbow nooo... that was the inn that john was working in... the ship was the Hispaniola.
Puerto Rico is not a state of the union. Puerto Rico is a US Territory. Puerto Ricans are US Citizens and even if it was a US State, both Delaware and Rhode Island would still be smaller. www.topuertorico.com tab 'About PR' for more info.
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The greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispanola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico) and the lesser Antilles ( everything else in the Carribean)
The ship that Jim Hawkins, Captain Alexander Smollett, and Long John Silver sail aboard in "Treasure Island" is called the Hispaniola.
In Jamaica eddoes are called coco.