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The Greater Antilles are made up of Continent al rock, as distinct from the Lesser Antilles , which are mostly young Volcanic or coral islands. Geographically , the Antilles are typically reckoned as part of North America . Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico – due to the prevalence of Spanish – are included in Latin America . BACKGROUND Like the name '' Brazil '', the word ''Antilles'' dates from a period before the discovery of the New World , " Antilia " being one of those mysterious lands which figured on the medieval Chart s sometimes as an Archipelago , sometimes as continuous land of greater or lesser extent, constantly fluctuating in mid-ocean between the Canaries and East India . After discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the realisation that they comprised an extensive archipelago enclosing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf Of Mexico , the Spanish term ''Antillas'' was commonly assigned to the new lands. Stemming from this, "Sea of the Antilles" is a common alternate name for the Caribbean Sea in various European languages. GREATER ANTILLES ''Main article: Greater Antilles .''
LESSER ANTILLES ''Main article: Lesser Antilles .''
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