Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba (Isla de Cuba) as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean and is part of the Greater Antilles. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited…
View More CubaJamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean and is part of the Greater Antilles. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people were either killed or died of…
View More JamaicaThe Cayman Islands is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean comprising of the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The capital city is George Town on Grand Cayman, which is the most populous of the three islands. The Cayman Islands is considered to be…
View More Cayman IslandsThe Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of the Europeans. The…
View More Dominican RepublicHaiti, officially the Republic of Haiti (République d’Haïti), formerly founded as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the…
View More HaitiTristan da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. The territory consists of the inhabited island, Tristan da Cunha, the wildlife reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island, and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands.…
View More Tristan da CunhaJoin the American Philatelic Society and President of the United Nations (UN) Philatelists and Vice President of the American Philatelic Research Library Board of Trustees, is Mr. Greg Galletti. This presentation is part II of his presentation (Part 1 – League of Nations at 100) Those with an interest in…
View More Stamp Chats: United Nations on Stamps Part IIArgentine Antarctica (Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory consisting of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole. This region overlaps with British and Chilean claims in Antarctica; however, all claims are suspended by the Antarctic…
View More Argentine AntarcticaAdélie Land (Terre Adélie) is a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica. It stretches from a portion of the Southern Ocean coastline all the way inland to the South Pole. The coast of Adélie Land was discovered in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville (1790–1842) who named…
View More Adélie LandKing Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea and forms part of the Ross Dependency. Edward VII Peninsula was discovered on 30 January 1902 by the…
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