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Presents information on the geography, history, economy, and people of the Bahamas. Includes a chronology, recipes, project ideas, and more.

Presents information on the geography, history, economy, and people of the West Indies. Includes a chronology, recipes, project ideas, and more. This eleven-volume series explores every dimension of this beautiful and historic region. Five volumes of this series treat the four largest islands and their nations: The Dominican Republic and Haiti (both of which share the island of Hispaniola); Cuba, the largest of the four islands known as the Greater...

Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of the Dominican Republic. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals.

Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Jamaica.

Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of Puerto Rico. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals.

Discusses the land, history, economy, people, communities, and festivals of the Windward Islands. Includes recipes for five traditional dishes.

The Windward Islands are a group of islands that stretch for more than 300 miles (483 km) around the southeastern end of the Caribbean Sea. This island group includes four independent countries: Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It also includes Martinique, an island governed by France. During the early 1600s, Europeans in sailing vessels arrived in the Windward Islands. (The name "Windward Islands" refers to the direction...