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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean

The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on the Caribbean Plate. The countries and islands of the Caribbean are located to the south and east of Mexico and to the north and west of Venezuela, South America. There are at least 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cayes in the region. They are organized into 25 territories including sovereign ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Afro-Caribbean You might be looking for: the Caribbean — a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea; the British Afro-Caribbean community; the African diaspora Other related archivesAfrican diaspora, British Afro-Caribbean community, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean literature

Caribbean literature is literature that takes its setting in or is related to the Caribbean Sea, or is written by authors from the Caribbean. Due to the Caribbean's wide-ranging cultural influences, Caribbean literature has been written in many languages. Caribbean literature - By country. Bahamian literature Cuban literature Dominican literature Grenada literature Haitian literature Jamaican literature Puerto Rican literature ...

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Caribbean literature - By country

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean Current

The Caribbean Current is a warm water current that flows into the Caribbean Sea from the east along the coast of South America. The current results from the flow of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current as it flows north along the coast of Brazil. As the current turns north through the Yucatan Channel, it is renamed the Yucatan Current. Other related archivesBrazil, Caribbean, South America, South Equatorial Current, Yucatan Channel

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean Community

The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas [1] which came into effect on August 1, 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM replaced the 1965-1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation which lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962. ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery (published in 1964) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the detective Miss Marple. A Caribbean Mystery - Plot. "Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?", Jane Marple is asked by a stranger whilst on a luxurious holiday in the Caribbean. But before she has a chance to answer, the man vanishes, only to be found dead the next day. But what happened to the photo? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most talked-about guest, a re ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia II - Dutch colonization of the Americas - Caribbean

Dutch colonization of the Americas - Netherlands Antilles. Dutch colonization of Sint Maarten began in 1620 although the ownership of the island changed hands at least 16 times before 1816, when it was permanently split between France and the Netherlands. Several other islands were captured and fortified to prevent Spanish attacks in the ongoing Dutch war for independence from Spain and to exploit timber and salt resources: Curaçao in 1634 Saba in 1640 Sint Eustatius in 1635 Bonaire in ...

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. It covers most of the Caribbean Plate and is bounded on the south by Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama, to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, to the north by the Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and ...

Caribbean: Encyclopedia II - Caribbean - Historical groupings

Main article: History of the Caribbean Most islands at some point were, or still are, colonies of European nations: British West Indies / Anglophone_Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica (also French speaking), Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia (also French speaking), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands Danish West Indies - present-day United States Virgin Island ...

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Caribbean stud poker - Caribbean Stud Poker in the United Kingdom

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean music in the United Kingdom

Jamaican music in the United Kingdom Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - White Reggae. White reggae has very low artistic credibility, but it laid a path for genuine reggae in Britain. Chris Andrews (b 1942) was a writer of songs for Sandie Shaw. "Yesterday Man" was inappropriate for her so he sang it himself. It went to number 3 in the British singles charts in 1965. At the time it was called "Bluebeat" but we would now recognise it as reggae. He followed this with "To Whom It Concerns" (no 13 in 1965) and "S ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter flight which crashed in a mountainous region in northwest Venezuela on the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2005, killing all 152 passengers and eight crew. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, was in route from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama City, Panama to Fort de France, Martinique (FDF). The pilots reported trouble with one engine, and later the other engine as well. They diverted the plane to Maracaibo for an emergency landing. After a 7,0 ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Buccaneer

Buccaneer is a term that was used in the later 17th century in the Caribbean Islands. The term Buccaneer comes from the French word "Boucanier". These Boucaniers originally were hunters who were poaching cattle and pigs. They would smoke the meat on wooden frames, "boucans", so that it could be saved for a later time. The Boucaniers were taught this by the local Arawak tribes from Santo Domingo, calling the method Barbicoa - which is w ...

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Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Calypso music

Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in the British and French colonial islands of the Caribbean at about the start of the 20th century. It is an especially integral part of Trinidadian music. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of African slaves, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song. This forged a sense of community among the Africans, who saw their colonial masters change rapidly, bringing French, Spanish and British music styles to the island of Trinidad. The French ...

Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Danish colonial empire

In various forms, Denmark has had colonial possessions since the beginning of the 13th century, when it obtained possessions in Estonia. In personal union with Norway, Denmark-Norway had possession of old Norwegian holdings, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. In the 17th century Denmark began to develop colonies, forts, and trading posts in Africa, the Caribbean, and India. Christian IV first initiated the policy of expanding Denmark's overseas trade, as part of the mercantilist wave that was sweeping Europe. Denmark's first c ...