Antilles

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An archipelago curving round from N. America to S. America, and embracing the Caribbean Sea; the

n the N. of the sea, being Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica, and Porto Rico; and the

n the E., forming the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, and the Venezuelan Islands—the Leeward as far as Dominica, the Windward as far as Trinidad, and the Venezuelan along the coast of S. America.