Abstract:The islands of the Caribbean stretch over a thousand-mile arc from the top of the Florida archipelago to the mainland of South America. They are usually classified according to their (latest) affiliat...The islands of the Caribbean stretch over a thousand-mile arc from the top of the Florida archipelago to the mainland of South America. They are usually classified according to their (latest) affiliation to the European powers that colonised them from the fifteenth century onwards, and also in terms of the official languages they recognise. For the most part, these two criteria coincide. The major groupings include the Spanish-speaking nations, the French-official (francophone) Caribbean, the Dutch-official territories, and the English-official (anglophone) Caribbean. The largest group of islands belongs to the last of these categories.Read More
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-04-26
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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