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CARIBBEE ISLANDS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 330 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARIBBEE ISLANDS , a name chiefly of See also:

HISTORICAL

historical importance, sometimes applied to the whole of the See also:

West Indies, but strictly comprehending only the See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islands stretching from See also:

PORTO

Porto Rico to the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

America . These are also known as the Lesser See also:

ANTILLES

Antilles, and the bulk of them are divided into the two See also:

groups of the Leeward and Windward Islands .

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