Generally speaking:
• In 1492 when Christopher Columbus crew member sighted the land after 5 weeks on the Atlantic Ocean, afterward claiming in Europe to found new route to Asia, they actually landed on one of the Bahamas islands.
• The largest Caribbean island is Cuba.
• The Atlantic hurricane season also affects Caribbean Islands from June 1 to November 30. Hurricanes have also occurred before and after this dates.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Capital: Oranjestad
Language: Dutch
Population: 70 000
Religion: Roman Catholic

Industries: oil refining, tourism, transshipment.

Agriculture products: livestock, seafood.

Caribbean islands are located in the Caribbean sea just southeast of North America, east of Central America, and north of South America.

Caribbean Islands on the map: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croixs, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands.

Click and drag map of the Caribbean Islands:

Maps of Caribbean Islands:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Cayman Islands
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Montserrat
• Puerto Rico
• St. Croixs
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Martin
• St. Thomas
• St. Vincent and Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Virgin Islands