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Locator map for the Antilles islands. The Antilles are an island group in the Caribbean Sea which are divided into the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.

Group of West Indian islands, divided north–south into the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti–Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) and Lesser Antilles, subdivided into the Leeward Islands (Virgin Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, and Guadeloupe) and the Windward Islands (Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada). Total population (2001 est) 29,544,000.



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But if the currents carry ye to those sweet Antilles where the beaches are only beat with water-lilies, will ye do one little errand for me?
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In certain parts of the ocean at the Antilles, under seventy-five fathoms of water, can be seen with surprising clearness a bed of sand.
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Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger Antilles, but this is doubtful.
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