The West Indies are a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
The subregion includes all the islands in the Antilles, plus The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are in the North Atlantic Ocean. Nowadays, the term West Indies is often interchangeable with the term Caribbean, although the latter may also include some Central and South American mainland countries which have Caribbean coastlines, such as Belize, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and the Atlantic island nations of Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda, both of which are geographically distinct from the three main island groups, but culturally related.
These amazing photos were taken by
wilford peloquin that show life of the West Indies in 1966.
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| Martinique. Fort-de-France street scenes, 1966 |
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| Martinique. Church, Fort-de-France, 1966 |
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| Martinique. Fort-de-France, 1966 |
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| Martinique. Saint-Pierre, 1966 |
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| Martinique. Village, 1966 |
