The Caribbean’s Largest Island
The islands of the Caribbean Sea make up the country of Cuba. It has the most people living on it and the most land area of any island in the Caribbean. Cuba is also the 17th largest island in the world and the 8th largest island country. Cuba has a coastline of 5,746 kilometers and land borders that are 28.5 kilometers long.
The Caribbeans Largest Island
The official land area is 109,884 kilometers squared (42,426 sq mi). Cuba is east of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the North Atlantic Ocean, south of the Florida Straits, north-northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel.
Christopher Columbus’s Discovery
Before Christopher Columbus came to the island in 1492, many different Amerindian cultures lived there. After he joined a Spanish expedition to Cuba, Spain was able to take control of the island and put Spanish officials in charge in Havana.
Christopher Columbuss Discovery
When Cuba was part of Hispaniola, which is now the Dominican Republic, it was run by the Viceroy of New Spain and the local government in what is now the Dominican Republic.
