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Nuttall encyclopedia quote, no. 867

ANTILLES

An archipelago curving round from N. America to S. America, and embracing the Caribbean Sea; the GREATER A., on the N. of the sea, being Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica, and Porto Rico; and the LESSER A., on 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.