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- The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part ... level. There are five basins within the Caribbean Sea, they are the Yucatán ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- long island of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, 50 miles (80 km) northwest ... is stronger on Aruba than on most other Caribbean islands. Though no full ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- colonies, forts, and trading posts in Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Christian IV first initiated the policy of expanding Denmark's overseas trade ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately ... (44 km²) under the sovereignty of the Netherlands. There is no physical ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Central ... Passage, a major channel connecting the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- a Welsh privateer, who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers ... Spanish ships waiting at the inlet to the Caribbean; these he destroyed or ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- islands. To the north-northwest lie the Netherlands Antilles islands of Saint ... Saint Eustatius and Saba are part of the Netherlands Antilles. ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- lies between the eastern side of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean ... Saint Lucia is a full and participating member of the Caribbean Community ...18 KB (2,530 words) - 23:24, 1 August 2023
- Slavery in Suriname was abolished by the Netherlands in 1863, but ... of limited self-government, with the Netherlands retaining control of defense ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- is the sole legal tender within the Caribbean Netherlands. Before 2011: Netherlands ... dissolved Netherlands Antilles. The Caribbean Netherlands still use 599-7 ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- was nicknamed "Garden City of the Caribbean." ... Government. Georgetown is the seat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- selling or losing its territory to the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain ... on the island of St. Christopher in the Caribbean. The colony would establish ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- Antilles" or "the Pearl of the Caribbean." ... . It is the second-largest island in the Caribbean (after Cuba), with an area ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 21:45, 31 January 2024
- revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Netherlands against the Spanish king ... The Southern Netherlands, situated in modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- spending Christmas together. The Caribbean Online Magazine. [http://www ... the wilds of Africa cannot be missed. The Caribbean Online Magazine. [http://www ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- The Netherlands is the leading cocoa processing country, followed ... to factories in the United States, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and other ...17 KB (2,570 words) - 22:19, 7 January 2024
- the Atlantic Ocean. North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest ... the continent. Many of the islands of the Caribbean (or West Indies)—for ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- *Saint Thomas (Caribbean, now in the United States Virgin Islands ... *Island of Crabs/Krabbeninsel (Caribbean, now in USA), brandenburgische ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- left|200 px|Henry Morgan, pirate of the Caribbean, eighteenth-century lithograph]] The great or classic era of piracy in the Caribbean extends from around ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
