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How did the Bahamas greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles get the name West Indies?
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The West Indies got its name as a result of Christopher Columbus' ingnorance. Columbus believed that he had discovered a new route to Asia and when he saw the amerindians he thought they was in India and they were India. however he was miles away from Indian and the east Indians he was in the west. this resulted in the west indies getting its name
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∙ 12y agocolombus was trying to find India but in a storm shifted to much west and he found them places
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∙ 13y agoIt was named by Columbus, he named it because he wanted to tell the difference between Eastern Indies and west indies.
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What islands groups comprise the West Indies?
The "Leeward Islands" (northerly portion from the British Virgin Islands to Dominica) and the "Windward Islands" (southerly portion from Martinque to Trinidad). These islands, located in the Caribbean Sea, are collectively referred to as "The Lesser Antilles". The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. The Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, And the Lesser Antilles. The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Leeward. These are all the island groups: Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and the Netherland Antilles.
Archipelago west indies?
well all of the west indies is not an archipelogo but the bahhamas are an archapelago
Is the West Indies archipelago in America?
The West Indies are an archipelago between southeast North America and northern South America, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and including the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahama Islands.
What group of islands contains the largest island of the west indies?
It is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean seaSt Lucia is part of the Lesser Antilles.
What are the many islands that stretch from Florida to Venezuela?
West Indies are the islands in the Caribbean.
The West Indies is made up of Bahamas and which two other island groups?
The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
How did the Bahamas and the greater Antilles and the lesser Antilles get the name west indies?
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What islands groups comprise the West Indies?
The "Leeward Islands" (northerly portion from the British Virgin Islands to Dominica) and the "Windward Islands" (southerly portion from Martinque to Trinidad). These islands, located in the Caribbean Sea, are collectively referred to as "The Lesser Antilles". The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. The Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, And the Lesser Antilles. The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Leeward. These are all the island groups: Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and the Netherland Antilles.
What is the name of islands that enclose the Caribbean sea and includes greater antilles lesser antilles and the Bahamas?
The West Indies
What is the name given to the group of islands that enclose the Caribbean sea that includes greater Antilles Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas?
The West Indies.
Which is not one of the small islands that are known as the lesser Antilles?
in the west Indies, there are of course the greater Antilles and the Bahamas. The Greater Antilles include Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican republic.
Is Cuba located in the Bahamas Lesser Antilles or Greater Antilles?
the greater antilles
Is Cuba located in the Bahamas the Greater Antilles or Lesser Antilles?
No.
Where is the west indies?
The West Indies are a group of islands nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean The islands of the West Indies are the Bahamas, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
How did the Bahamas the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles get the name West Indies?
colombus was trying to find India but in a storm shifted to much west and he found them places
Archipelago west indies?
well all of the west indies is not an archipelogo but the bahhamas are an archapelago
Which island nation is the largest in area and is it located in the Bahamas Greater Antilles or Lesser Antilles?
the greater antilles
