East Indies On World Map
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East indies on world map. This is all available for download right here on a 480x480 limited to 2 3rds of the area. They comprise three main island groups. The lesser antilles are the much smaller islands to the southeast and. This map of the east indies done for the directors of the british east india company by the early 18th century geographer cartographer herman moll is titled a map of the east indies and the adjacent countries with the settlements factories and territories explaining what belongs to england france holland denmark portugal c with many remarks not extant in any other map on the section of india regions rich in commodities of european trade.
East students often confuse the two world regions of west indies and east indies. Lambert zenithal equal area. East indies indonesia. Geographers and historians have long used the concept of regions as a conve nient as well as scientiļ¬ c way to divide the.
Both files require african kingdoms expansion to host the map. East indies the islands that extend in a wide belt along both sides of the equator for more than 3 800 miles 6 100 km between the asian mainland to the north and west and australia to the south. The west indies is a region of the north atlantic ocean and the caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagos. The only similari ties between the regions are their names their numerous islands and their tropical climates.
East india is located by the east coast of india near the bay of bengal including the states of west bengal bihar jharkhand and orrisa. World map east to west indies from roughly the arctic circle to the antarctic circle from the west indies to the east indies. The greater antilles the lesser antilles and the lucayan archipelago. The west indies include the islands of the caribbean and the east indies are the is lands of southeast asia.
The world has been mapped in a singular display of cartographical art. A world map can be defined as a representation of earth as a whole or in parts usually on a flat surface. This is made using different types of map projections methods like mercator. East and west indies diplo.
26 00 n. The greater antilles include the island countries of cuba jamaica haiti and the dominican republic hispaniola and puerto rico. Pepper diamonds and cotton cloth are. In a more restricted sense the indies can be used to refer to the islands of southeast asia especially the indonesian archipelago and the philippine archipelago.
Eastern india also comprise of the easternmost states. Bahamas north greater antilles central lesser antilles southeast the bahamas consist of over 3 000 individual islands and reefs. 2 829 x 1 713 pixels. Historically the term east indies is loosely applied to any of three contexts.
The west indies is a large group of islands that separate the caribbean sea from the atlantic ocean. The region includes all the islands in or bordering the caribbean sea plus the bahamas and the turks and caicos islands which are in the atlantic ocean this term also includes modern day belize guyana suriname and french guiana. The east indies or the indies are the lands of south indian subcontinent and southeast asia. 22 00 s.
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