User:Grover cleveland/Caribbean islands

Main line west to east (roughly, Greater Antilles)

 * Cuba (Independence from US 1902; earlier Spain). Capital Havana.
 * Hispaniola:
 * Haiti (Independent from France 1804). Capital Port-au-Prince.
 * Dominican Rep (Independence from Spain 1863; independence from Haiti 1844). Capital Santo Domingo.
 * Puerto Rico (US; acquired from Spain 1898). Capital San Juan.
 * British Virgin Islands (UK; annexed from Netherlands 1648). Capital Road Town.
 * Anguilla (UK; ceded by France 1667; formerly England; independent 1967-69). Capital The Valley.

Main line north to south (roughly, Lesser Antilles)

 * Anguilla (see above)
 * St Kitts / Nevis (Independence from UK 1983). Capital Basseterre.
 * Antigua & Barbuda (Independence from UK 1981). Capital St John's.
 * Montserrat (UK; settled since 1632; occupied by France 1782-3). Capital Plymouth.
 * Guadeloupe (France formally since 1674; formerly French West India Company; effectively French since 1626). Capital Basse-terre.
 * Dominica (Independence from UK 1978). Capital Roseau.
 * Martinique (France formally since 1658; effectively since 1635). Capital Fort-de-France.
 * St Lucia UK (Independence from UK 1979). Capital Castries.
 * St Vincent and the Grenadines UK (Independence from UK 1979). Capital Kingstown.
 * Grenada (Independence from UK 1974). Capital St George's.
 * Trinidad and Tobago (Independence from UK 1962). Capital Port of Spain.

South of Cuba

 * Cayman Islands (UK; formally since 1670; effectively since 1661). Capital George Town.
 * Jamaica (Independence from UK 1962). Capital Kingston.

North of Cuba

 * Bahamas (Independence from UK 1973). Capital Nassau.
 * Turks and Caicos Islands (UK; acquired from France 1783). Capital Cockburn Town.

South of British Virgin Islands

 * US Virgin Islands (US; purchased from Denmark 1917). Capital Charlotte Amalie.

East of St Vincent and the Grenadines

 * Barbados (Independence from UK 1966). Capital Bridgetown.

Off Venezueua coast; considerably west of Trinidad and Tobago

 * Aruba (Netherlands since 1636). Capital Oranjestad.
 * Curaçao (Netherlands; effectively since 1634). Capital Willemstad.