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The Caribbean Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. The geopolitical region around it is known as the Caribbean, and is bordered to the west by Central America and to the south by South America.
History
In the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries, the waters and islands of the Caribbean Sea were the scene of many violent clashes between the European colonizing naval powers of Britain, France, Holland, Portugal, and Spain, and others, as waged by their military and privateer forces, and was made yet more hazardous by the presence of independent outlaw pirates.[citation needed]
Since 1914, access to the Pacific Ocean has been available via the Panama Canal. Before and during the Second World War, this region was the frequent target of almost every kind of espionage, sabotage, and military action.[citation needed]
Notes
- The Caribbean Sea is bordered along its informally-defined northern edge by the Bermuda Triangle, and on its western side by the Gulf of Mexico.
See Also
- Appearances of Caribbean Sea
- Location Gallery: Caribbean Sea