Undated: (Lesser Antilles, the Smaller Volcanic and Coral Islands Forming the Eastern Border of the Caribbean Sea, Comprising Only Ten Percent of the Region’…

Undated: (Lesser Antilles, the Smaller Volcanic and Coral Islands Forming the Eastern Border of the Caribbean Sea, Comprising Only Ten Percent of the Region’s Land Mass, Divided Into the Leeward, Windward, and Leeward Antilles Groups): The Lesser Antilles are the chain of smaller islands that arc along the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, accounting for only about ten percent of the region’s total land mass. They divide into three groups: the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles off the northern coast of South America. Unlike the continental rock of the Greater Antilles, these islands are volcanic or coral in origin, which shaped everything from their topography to the scale of plantation agriculture they could sustain.