whencyclopedia: The Spanish Main & the West Indies c.1720 A map illustrating the shifting ba
whencyclopedia: The Spanish Main & the West Indies c.1720 A map illustrating the shifting balance of colonial power between the Spanish, English, and French Empires in the 1700s along Americas’ coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, known collectively as the Spanish Main as well as in the West Indies. It also depicts the flows of trade and the routes of the Spanish Treasure Fleets. -- source link