Sunday, October 27, 2019, Bridgetown, Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies , in the Caribbean region of North America . It is 21 miles in length and up to 14 mile in width, covering an area of 167 sq miles. It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 62 miles east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea ; therein, Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator . Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt . Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown . Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians , Barbados was visited by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the Spanish Crown . It first appeared in a Spanish map in 1511. The Port...