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West Indies

West Indies was the name of the historical legacy of the Discoveries time for this group of islands in the Caribbean under the ocean in an arc shape, almost down the link between North America and South America

Today also known as the Caribbean or West Indies are a large group of islands where included Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and Jamaica and a group of islands of smaller size that is part of the island of Saint Martin - Saint Martin and Sant Maarteen.

When Christopher Columbus landed in the Netherlands in 1492, which he wrote in his Diary he saw was a true tropical paradise, Green and Bright. They lived there a few Indians. Today the region is divided into approximately thirteen independent countries, some autonomous territories and overseas. There are about 30 million people, whites, blacks, Asians and mestizos.

The European occupation began soon after the discovery and soon became the islands. Europeans and Africans, they brought as slaves to cultivate the land. The diffusion of crops, cultivated intensively and limited to a few more junk food inquiry, led to an ecological imbalance that is still pervasive and disastrous.

The Spaniards, the first to occupy the islands joined together after English, French, Dutch and Danes that have fragmented the West Indies colonies and involved in several European wars still subjecting them to constant changes of governor. Some were taken by pirates whose bases were the most famous Tortuga, pero the north coast of Haiti and in Jamaica in Kingston.

According to the latitude, the climate is tropical with average daytime temperature ranging from 25 to 26 to 30 degrees Celsius in the Earth, while back in the water ranges from 24 º C and 27 ° C. The infant formula of the trade winds in northern and eastern parts of the island and the constant change of land and sea breezes to the south and west make it quite bearable even the highest summer temperatures.

Between May and November rainfall appear stronger, although the amount of rainfall varies from region to region. Less rain from December to April which is also the time of year where the temperatures are lower.

Saint Martin / Sint Maaten Island Location