At the point when we state West Indies, the primary thing that rings a bell is the cricket crew of West Indies. Albeit now the West Indies have been formally named as the Windies. Be that as it may, we will find out about the West Indies today. A significant number of us may think about the West Indies as a nation, however in all actuality the West Indies isn't a nation, but instead a subcontinent comprising of various little islands known as the Caribbean.
Revelation and naming of West Indies :
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) is known to practically we all. He was an Italian mariner. It is said that in 1492, Columbus needed to cross the Atlantic to arrive at Asia. He needed to discover a course from the western piece of Europe from where he could without much of a stretch come to Asia. He believed that the explanation behind coming to Asia was that the Indian subcontinent was wealthy in different assets. What's more, that is the reason he needed to go to the Indian subcontinent. To arrive at Asia, he set sail with three boats named Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
The way to Asia was hard for him since he needed to make a trip from Europe to Asia along the shore of Africa. Yet, he needed to go to the Indian subcontinent by another course. However, he committed an error while in transit to the ocean. He didn't take the guide with him, which drove him off course via ocean. He in this way crossed the Atlantic off course and, on October 12, 1492, arrived on another little island called San Salvador, in spite of the fact that he believed it to be essential for South India. Thus he thought of the tribals there as Indians. It is to be noticed that the locals of the West Indies, including America, used to apply red soil on their bodies, so the individuals of Europe used to call the locals of this area as Red Indians.
Columbus headed out from San Salvador to Cuba the next month. He thought of Cuba as China at that point, and when he headed out to Hispaniola, he thought of the area like Japan. Columbus found the West Indies, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Americas. He headed out to the Caribbean an aggregate of multiple times. Yet, he never knew until his demise that he had not come to India to be sure, yet that he had found another world.
After his demise, it was found that India thought Columbus was another landmass. Be that as it may, all the Europeans who came here later called it India. Thus later on, the decision class and the individuals of Europe called it West India (West India or the Indies - plural for some islands). Since the individuals of Europe thought about India of the Asian landmass as East India, something else is that the individuals of Europe at that point knew the southeastern nations, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as East Indies. It is to be noticed that when the British set up their business for the sake of exchange India, the name of that business was East India Company.
West Indies cricket crew:
The West Indies Cricket Board is comprised of different nations in the Caribbean. The West Indies are an undeniable cricket crew regarding cricket. The West Indies won the principal Cricket World Cup in 1975 and the second in 1989 under Lord Clive. The cricket stumps were added toward the West Indies banner in the wake of winning the initial two World Cups. The West Indies additionally played in the 1973 World Cup last yet lost to India and lost their first cap stunt. The West Indies likewise won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016.
Nations of West Indies:
A few nations in the West Indies or the Caribbean have picked up freedom from different European rulers, and the rest are as yet under some European nations, which means they have not yet picked up autonomy. The names of the Caribbean nations are-
Cayman Islands (UK)
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico (United States)
Anguilla (United Kingdom)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (Netherlands)
Barbados
Bonaire (Netherlands)
English Virgin Islands (UK)
Curacao (Netherlands)
Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe (France)
Martinique (France)
Montserrat (UK)
Nueva Esparta (Venezuela)
Saba (Netherlands)
Holy person Barthelemy (France)
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
Holy person Martin (France)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Holy person Eustatius (Netherlands)
Holy person Martin (Netherlands)
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
US Virgin Islands (United States)
Government Dependencies of (Venezuela)
Bahamas
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
