Life in the West Indies (eat and wear! )

The West Indies (English, French Indes occidentales) refers to a series of islands between North America and South America. From the southern tip of Florida Peninsula to the north; It starts from the eastern tip of Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico in the west. The total number of islands is about 7000. The name of the West Indies comes from 1492, 10, 12 10. Columbus landed in the Bahamas and mistakenly thought it was India, hence the name.

Antilles Generally speaking, the West Indies include Bahamas and Antilles (which can also be divided into Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles). The climate is dominated by tropical monsoon, with hot noon and thunderstorms in the afternoon, producing coffee, bananas and other crops.

Bahamas

The original inhabitants were Lukyan Indians, and Columbus caught a glimpse of them when he explored these islands on 10 1492+0 12. It is said that Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador. The Spaniards were not interested in emigrating to the island, but they plundered slaves here, which drastically reduced the population.

From 65438 to 0648, a group of British immigrants from Bermuda came to the Bahamas, but they still had no plans to settle down. It soon became a refuge for pirates and a place invaded by the Spanish, and later settlements rarely flourished.

After the American Revolution, it brought some prosperity to the island. At that time, some loyalists fled the United States and established cotton plantations here. During the American Civil War, it became the center to stop smuggling ships. It was not until after the Second World War that tourism began to develop and promoted the permanent prosperity of the local area.

1964 gained internal autonomy. 1973 became an independent country.

[Editor] Politics

Bahamas is a bicameral constitutional monarchy. The head of state is the Governor (representing the British monarch) and the head of government is the Prime Minister.

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The population is about 298,000 (200 1). Most people are mixed-race Europeans and Africans and used to be slaves. The population is mainly concentrated in New Providence Island.

[Editor] Climate

Most of the Bahamas has a mild subtropical climate, and the Tropic of Cancer runs through the middle. August is the hottest month of the year, with an average temperature between 24 and 32 degrees Celsius. 1 and February are the coldest months, with an average temperature of 17 to 25 degrees. The average annual temperature in the Bahamas is about 23.5 degrees Celsius, and the average annual precipitation is about 1000 mm.

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English is the official language.

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Disney's series Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed in the Bahamas.

Grand Antilles

The Caribbean Islands, also known as the West Indies, are larger Antilles and smaller Antilles than the Bahamas or Kaya. The Greater Antilles includes Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (composed of Dominica in the east and Haiti in the west) and Puerto Rico. The smaller islands adjacent to the above four main islands are sometimes regarded as the Greater Antilles. They are included around the main island and belong to the same country as the main island. For example, Cuba includes the island of Cuba and other small islands around it. Because of its geographical proximity, the Cayman Islands is also regarded as the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles is composed of continental rocks, which is very different from the Lesser Antilles, which is composed of young volcanoes or corals.

[Editor] Strategic Value

As the gateway to the United States, the Greater Antilles has obvious strategic value. When the naval power determines the strength of a country, the Greater Antilles has become a battlefield between empires, mainly Spain, France and Britain. The Greater Antilles was originally used for resource development, and later served as the main landing port for ships travelling between Europe and the New World. However, when aviation is commercialized, its strategic value is decreasing.

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The Lesser Antilles is located in the east and south of the Antilles in the Caribbean West Indies. These islands are arc-shaped and are also called Caribbean Islands because they are located in the Caribbean Sea. Including the Virgin Islands, leeward islands, windward islands and many islands in the waters north of Venezuela, with an area of/kloc-0.29 million square kilometers.