Caribbean - Enpsychlopedia There are at least 7000 islands, islets, reefs and cayes in the region. Main article history of the Caribbean. Most islands at some point were, http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Caribbean
Extractions: Central_america.jpg Central America and the Caribbean [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/pdf/central_america.pdf (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea . These islands curve southward from the bottom tip of Florida to the Northwest of Venezuela in South America . There are at least 7000 islands, islets, reefs and cayes in the region. They are organized into twenty-five territories including sovereign states, overseas departments and dependencies. The name "West Indies" originates from Christopher Columbus ' idea that he had landed in the Indies (then meaning all of south and east Asia) when he had in fact reached the Americas . The Caribbean consists of the Greater and Lesser Antilles and is part of North America At one time there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of the English-speaking Caribbean islands of the region.
