WEST INDIES. 



Columbus, who called them the West Indies, on the supposition that they were connected with 

 the continent of India. Sailors distinguish them into the Windward and Leeward Islands ; and 

 they are sometimes denominated the Caribbee Islands, the Great and Little Jlntilles, and the 

 Columbian Archipelago. We shall follow the political divisions of these islands in our 

 description. - , 



Table of Comparative Areas. 



Cuba (with Pinos) 

 Hayti .... 

 Jamaica . . . . 

 Porto Rico 



Greater Antilles 

 Lesser Antilles 



Land area of the Archipelago 



Square Miles. 



43,380 

 29,400 

 5,520 

 3,865 



82,165 

 11,280 



93,445 



Tabular Viexc of the West India Islands. 



I Area, Sq. M. | Whites. | Free Blacks. | Slaves. | Total Pop. 



British Islands. 

 Anegada . 

 Anguila 

 Antigua . 

 Bahamas 

 Barbadoes 

 Barbuda 

 Bermudas 

 Bieque, or Crab 

 Cayman . 

 St. Christopher or Kitts 

 Culebra, or Passage 

 Dominica 

 Grenada 

 Grenadines 

 Jamaica 

 St. Lucia 

 Montserrat 

 Nevis 

 Roatan 

 Tobago 

 Tortola . 

 Trinidad 

 St. Vincent 

 Virgin Gorda 



Spanish Islands. 

 Cuba 



Porto Rico . 



French Islands. 

 Desirade 

 Guadeloupe 

 Mariegalante , 

 Saintes 

 Martinique 



St. Martin, Northern part 



Dvtch Islaitds. 

 CuraQoa .... 

 St. Eustatius 



St. Martin's, Southern part 

 Saba .... 



Danish Islands. 

 Ste. Croi.x 

 St. .John 

 St. Thomas 



Swedish Island. 

 St. Bartholomew 



Hayti 



50 

 00 

 108 

 4,440 

 164 

 72 



ao 



40 

 GO 

 C8 

 12 



275 



120 

 30 

 5,520 



275 

 47 

 20 

 28 



120 

 20 

 1,970 



121 

 15 



43,380 

 3,865 



450 



90 

 12 

 290 

 15 



375 

 10 

 10 

 20 



80 

 70 

 50 



25 

 29,400 



3f;5 



1,980 

 4,657 

 14,959 



4,264 



1,612 



840 



801 



36,000 

 881 

 330 

 700 



280 

 477 

 4,201 

 1,301 



311,051 

 162,.31l 



I 11,000 

 9,410 



(including 



2,500 

 150 

 800 



2,715 

 33,432 

 13,910 

 87,953 



4,456 



23,660 



17,990 



27,322 



312,844 

 17,267 

 7,339 

 10,722 



14,621 



6,488 

 31,083 

 25,821 



106,494 

 127,287 



11,324 

 18,832 



Saba) 



1,200 

 250 

 700 



600,000 



286,942 

 34,240 



97,330 

 81,753 



7,000 

 12,000 

 4,000 



30,300 

 2,600 

 5,500 



6,000 

 none. 



3,080- 

 35,412 

 18,573 

 102,912 



' 8,720 



25,272 



18,830 



28,123 



348,844 

 18,148 

 7,669 

 11,422 



14,901 

 6,965 

 45,284 

 27,122 



704,487 

 323,838 



119,6a4 

 109,995 



12,000 

 18,000 

 6,000 



34,000 

 3,000 

 7,000 



15,000 

 600,006 



