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...onous people of the Caribbean. They lived off the land, and were fantastic fisherman and enjoyed eating seafood. The most popular variety were: grouper, sturgeon, shark, lobster, conch, oyster and crab. They would catch fish in inland rivers and lakes. They would sedate fish from their local plants to help make an easier catch. They also craved: turtles, iguanas, alligators and frogs. They liked deer but found them hard to catch. The Europeans liked guinea pigs, rabbits, and agouti, a rat like creature. Amerindians also enjoyed ants, termites, caterpillars and grubs. They dried their food by cooking it on a brabacot, which is like a grill. The Spanish soon caught on to this technique and named it barbacoa. This is where the word barbecue comes from. These wonderful islands have many different origins and influences. The English were attracted to the Caribbean by the economic attractions and the agricultural production. These being mostly from cotton, tabacco and sugarcane. Some influences they left behind were the Parliamentary Democracy, afternoon tea and driving on the left hand side of the road. The English islands consist of: Bermuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos islands, Cayman islands, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St.Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, St.Lucia, St.Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. While the Spanish docked at nearly all of the islands in the Caribbean, during their fight for ownership of the islands. They fought for the three largest islands and won. They were: Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The Spanish were more adventurous and determined than their rivals. They built bigger settlements. Once they returned to Spain, they convinced more people that there future was across the ocean. However, they didn’t persuade or convince enough woman. As a result many Spanish people in the Caribbean have ancestors that are African and Amerindian. You can feel these cultures throughout the Spanish islands and in the food. The Dutch also came and claimed some islands which are now: Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, and Sint Maarten. Some people say that the Dutch islands and Curacao in paticular, are the most concentrated area of multiculturalism in the world. Curacao is windy and dry and isn’t suitable for agriculture such as: sugarcane, coffee or bananas. These southern islands were ignored by European settlers for most of...