Article: Bahamas beckons Indian cricket fans.

Article: balmy bahamas; Islands in the West Indies ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... solution: Plan a weekend escape to the Bahamas, and trade icy winds for island breezes ... square miles in the western Atlantic, the Bahamas offer cold-weary snowbirds balmy weather ... nights just a few degrees cooler. The Bahamas have attracted travelers since Columbus ...

Article: West Indies, British and French
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ... ... to the British West Indies. Today, the majority ... population of the Bahamas traces its descent ... of the British West Indies served as transshipment ... United States. The Bahamas and the Cayman ... in the British West Indies, became major ...

Article: WEST INDIES
Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ... ... the islands of the West Indies (excluding the Bahamas) are sometimes called ... westernmost islands in the West Indies--Cuba, Jamaica ... Netherlands Antilles. The Bahamas are a scattering ... really a part of the West Indies, are the islands ...

Article: West Indies
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...West Indies archipelago, between North ... into three groups: the Bahamas ; the Greater Antilles ... tropical seas have made the West Indies a very popular resort area ... settlement on the islands of the West Indies, they were inhabited by ...

West Indies.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...West Indies, archipelago, between ... into three groups: the Bahamas ; the Greater Antilles ... tropical seas have made the West Indies a very popular resort area ... settlement on the islands of the West Indies, they were inhabited by ...

Article: Floristic richness and affinities in the West ...
The Botanical Review;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Introduction The West Indies are an archipelago with ... Greater Antilles and the Bahamas Archipelago (Bahamas ... al., 1994). The Bahamas Archipelago lies north ... the territories of the Bahamas islands and of Turk ... among the islands of the West Indies, these include size ...

Article: 'Legacy of education' emphasized at 2006 University of ...
New York Beacon, The;  February 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... About The University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies was granted its royal charter ... Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin ... for The University of the West Indies, has provided scholarships ...