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Antilles

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Antilles: see West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean.
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But if the currents carry ye to those sweet Antilles where the beaches are only beat with water-lilies, will ye do one little errand for me?
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
In certain parts of the ocean at the Antilles, under seventy-five fathoms of water, can be seen with surprising clearness a bed of sand.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger Antilles, but this is doubtful.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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