Advanced Geography . y SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 193 Cuba, Puerto Rico,1 Hawaii, Philippines, Guam. The long chains of islands that separate the Atlantic oceanfrom the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea are called theWest Indies. These islands are in several groups, the most. Mono Castle j Entrance to Havana Harbor. northern being the Bahamas; next in order follow the greatislands of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico,1 with theirborder islets, together forming the Greater Antilles; lastly,many smaller islands, known as the Lesser Antilles? extendfrom Puerto Rico almost to the coast of South Ame
Advanced Geography . y SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 193 Cuba, Puerto Rico,1 Hawaii, Philippines, Guam. The long chains of islands that separate the Atlantic oceanfrom the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea are called theWest Indies. These islands are in several groups, the most. Mono Castle j Entrance to Havana Harbor. northern being the Bahamas; next in order follow the greatislands of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico,1 with theirborder islets, together forming the Greater Antilles; lastly,many smaller islands, known as the Lesser Antilles? extendfrom Puerto Rico almost to the coast of South America. At the close of the recent war with Spain, Puerto Rico(with its border isles) was ceded to the United States; Spainalso gave up all claim to Cuba and its border isles, and theyare now under the protection of our country. Cuba. Cuba, the Queen of the Antilles, is the largestisland of the West Indies. In shape it looks like a cornu-copia. Its length is about 750 miles. The island is about130 miles from the mainland of Florida, and slightly lessfrom Yucatan. The area is 43,000 square miles — almostas large as Pennsylvania, or nearly nine times as largeas Connecticut. Cuba may be roughly divided into threeregions — mountainous in the east, hilly in the middl
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