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ANTILLES , a See also:term of somewhat doubtful origin, now generally used, especially by See also:foreign writers, as • synonymous with the expression " See also:West See also:India Islands." Like " See also:Brazil," it See also:dates from a See also:period anterior to the See also:discovery of the New See also:World,. " See also:Antilia," as stated above, being one of those mysterious lands, which figured on the See also:medieval charts sometimes as an See also:archipelago, sometimes as continuous See also:land of greater or lesser extent, constantly fluctuating in See also:mid-ocean between the Canaries and See also:East India. But it came at last to be identified with the land discovered by See also:Columbus. Later, when this was found to consist of a vast archipelago enclosing the Caribbean See also:Sea and Gulf of See also:Mexico, Antilia assumed its See also:present plural See also:form, Antilles, which was collectively applied to the whole of this archipelago. A distinction is made between the Greater Antilles, including See also:Cuba, See also:Jamaica, See also:Haiti, and See also:Porto Rico; and the Lesser Antilles, covering the See also:remainder of the islands. End of Article: ANTILLESAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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