| Central America and the Caribbean |
| Former Country Name | Todays Name |
| British Honduras |
Belize |
| British West Indies - the colonies of the British in the Caribbean: |
Antigua and Barbuda
The Bahamas
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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| today the term refers to the British Caribbean overseas territories which are: |
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Montserrat
Turks & Caicos Islands
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| Danish West Indies |
US Virgin Islands
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| French West Indies, the French overseas departments. Guadeloupe and Martinique,
as well as the French Caribbean Départments d'Outre Mer, include the Guadeloupe dependencies of the French part of the island St. Martin and the islands
Saint-Barthélemy, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante and La Désirade.
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| Haiti, the Arawaks name for the island of Hispaniola |
Dominican Republic and
Haiti |
| New Spain (Nueva España) colonial territories of the Spanish Empire in North and Central America, including |
Mexico
Guatemala
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica and parts of
South-West USA |
| Somers Islands |
Bermuda |
| United Provinces of Central America - UPCA (1823 to approximately 1840) |
UPCA consisted of the states of
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua, and
Costa Rica
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| North America |
| Former Cry Name | Todays Name |
| Newfoundland (island, with mainland area, and a province of) |
Canada |
| New Spain (Nueva España) colonial territories of the Spanish Empire in North and Central America, including |
Mexico
Guatemala
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica and parts of
South-West USA
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| South America |
| Former Cry Name | Todays Name |
| British Guiana |
Guyana |
| Dutch Guiana (Netherlands Guiana) |
Suriname |
| Gran Colombia (1819-1830), former republic consists of the countries: |
Colombia
Ecuador, and
Venezuela |
| Inini, an inland territory of |
French Guiana |
| New Holland, Nieuw Holland, former dutch colony northeast coast of Brazil 1630 - 1654 |
Province of Pernambuco, Brazil
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