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[[Image:LesserAntillesIslands.png|thumb|350px|Inizi an Antilhez Bihanañ]]

 

 

 

==Regional terminology==

The two main groups of the Lesser Antilles are the [[Windward Islands]] in the south and the [[Leeward Islands]] in the north. The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds blow northeast to southwest. The trans-Atlantic currents and winds that provided the fastest route across the ocean brought these ships to the rough dividing line between the Windward and Leeward Islands. Another group of the Lesser Antilles, is the [[Leeward Antilles]] which are found just north of [[Venezuela]]. The [[Netherlands Antilles]] are divided into two groups, one in the southwest (Leeward Antilles) off the coast of [[Venezuela]] and one in northeast (Leeward Islands), although it uses different naming conventions locally, with the southwest grouping being known as the Leeward Islands and northeast group being known as the Windward Islands.

==Inizi==

[[Leeward Islands]]:

*[[Anguilla]] (UK)

*[[Saint Martin|Saint Martin/Sint Maarten]] (France/Neth. Antilles)

[[Islands of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] (sometimes erroneously considered part of the Windward Islands)<ref name=MW /><ref>Cohen, Saul B., ed. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/91/W02191.html "West Indies"] [http://www.bartleby.com/69/ ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North America''.] New York: Columbia University Press – Bartleby. Accessed: 19 September 2006</ref>

*[[Aruba]] (Neth.)

*[[Curaçao]] (Neth.)

*[[Federal dependencies of Venezuela|Venezuelan Archipelago]]

 

*Rogonzinski, Jan. ''A Brief History of the Caribbean.'' New York: Facts on File, 1992.

 

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