Ang British East India Company ay isang kompanyang pangkalakalan na itinatag noong 1600, na nagkaroon ng malaking impluwensya sa kalakalan at politika sa India at ibang bahagi ng Asya. Sa kabilang banda, ang West Indies Company ay isang kompanyang nakatuon sa kalakalan sa mga isla ng Caribbean at itinatag noong 1621 upang palakasin ang interes ng Netherlands sa rehiyon. Pareho silang naging mahalaga sa kolonyal na ekspansiyon ng mga Europeo ngunit may iba't ibang pokus at heograpikal na saklaw.
British West Indies dollar was created in 1935.
Puerto Rico is the farthest east of all the West Indies countries
He was exiled to St. Vincent in the West Indies by the British.
Barbados
No, it is not located in India. it is actually located south-east of the gulf of Mexico and northern America, east of central America and north of south America - the Caribbean. The islands are called the 'West Indies' because the initial explorers were trying to reach India by a new route going West round the Globe from Europe. When they came across the Caribbean Islands they though they must be near India and called them the West Indies, not realising the size of Earth and the fact that there was another continent and an ocean in the way.
West Indies and British colonies West Indies and British colonies
British West Indies dollar was created in 1935.
Puerto Rico is the farthest east of all the West Indies countries
There are two 'Indies'. The West Indies (Caribbean) and the East Indies (South and Southeast Aisa).
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He was exiled to St. Vincent in the West Indies by the British.
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
Trinidad British West Indies - 1918 was released on: USA: 21 April 1918
Barbados British West Indies - 1918 was released on: USA: 13 October 1918
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No. Columbus discovered the West Indies while trying to reach the East Indies, which the Europeans already knew existed.