Canadian school geography (1922) (14578060158)

Identifier: canadianschoolge00corn (find matches)
Title: Canadian school geography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London Toronto : Dent
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries



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nds called the West Indies. These are divided into three groups(Map 8 in Atlas) : the Bahamas to the east of Florida ; the GreaterAntilles, consisting of the four largest islands, Cula, Haiti, PortoRico, and Jamaica ; and the Lesser Antilles to the east, consistingof manv small islands. Sec. 383.—The climate throughout the group is tropical, andthere is abundant rainfall (Maps 10, 11, and 12 in Atlas). Theproducts are sugar-cane, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, bananas, cocoa-nuts, oranges, limes, pepper, and .sisal hemp. Soon after theseislands were discovered by Columbus, the natives were killed offby Europeans. When Spaniards settled in the islands, negro slaveswere brought to work on the plantations. And as soon as theiremancipation made labour hardei to procure, Chinese and nativesof British India were brought into the country to assist in culti-vatir.g the soil. Consequently, the present inhabitants are com-posed of Spaniards, negroes, mixed bloods of all degrees, Chinese,and Indians.
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294 CANADIAN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY Sec. 384. The Bahamas, unlike the remainder of the West Indies,are coral islands. All are British territory. Besides sisal hemp andpineapples J large numbers of sponges are exported. Sec. 385. Cuba, the largest of the West Indies, is a republic underthe protection of the United States. Its population is about equalto that of the Province of Ontario. Havana, the capital, and theonly large city in the West Indies, has a population two-thirds aslarge as that of Toronto. Though tobacco and sugar-cane are thestaple productions of the island, large quantities of coffee, cocoa,bananas, pineapples, iron, and copper are also exported. Sec. 386. Jamaica, the largest of the British islands, exportsbananas, cocoa-nuts, sugar, cocoa, and log^vood dye. The latter,which is obtained from the wood of the logwood tree, is the mostvaluable export (Fig. i68). Sec. 387. Haiti is composed of two independent republics, andsince it is m a chronic state of unrest and^ insurrectio