Creating the Caribbean -- The Colonial West Indies, pt. 1, 1496-1697
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The Northern European Countries and the Caribian Islands
The northern european countries, especially england and the netherlands, had superior naval capability. And with all these resources, northern europeans figured that they could make very good use of the good harbors that exist all along the caribbean island chains. England was the most obvious candidate. There also were many obstacles and dangers that held people back and made it very difficult and risky to colonize. The spanish could send away teams fleets conquistidores to counter attack and and block northern europea's encroachment. Also hurricanes. Although it was generally a hospitable climate, the autumn could see enormous, destructive hurricanes come off the atlantic very quickly and
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