About Caribbean Island Travel

» They are ordered into twenty-five territories including sovereign states, overseas departments and dependencies. The name "West Indies" originates from Christopher Columbus ' idea that he had landed in India .  When he had in fact reached the US . The Caribbean consists of the Greater and Lesser Antilles  and is part of. At one time there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of the English-speaking Caribbean islands of the region.