West Indies
About West Indies
The West Indies are an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
On the show — 9 mentions total
Most sugar came from places like the West Indies, which were British colonies at the time. Britain blockaded that, so not much sugar could get to Europe. Europe set up a big sugar beet industry — a way of making sugar that didn't rely on shipping.
from 517: No Such Thing As Julius Caesar's Dad Jokes, 2024-02-08 at 00:05:12 · read transcript
Other times West Indies came up
It actually takes a week to get round the whole thing. Exactly. The largest electoral district in Australia is bigger than Mongolia. What? Yeah. It's called Jurrak, and it's in West Indies in WA. Yeah, it's slightly bigger than Mongolia. I should have written down those figures. It's about 1,000 kilometres squared bigger than the square kilometre area of Mongolia. I just can't believe it, because Mongolia's massive.
163: No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish, 2017-05-05 · listen
Time is that he, and I think this did happen, or it seems like people who remembered him said it happened at least, is that he was persuaded by people pranking him to try and sell warming pans, like bed-warming pans, to the West Indies.
453: No Such Thing As James Cameron's Worms, 2022-11-18 · listen
Is that he and I think this did happen or it seems like people who remembered him said it happened at least is that he was persuaded by people pranking him to try and sell warming pans like bed warming pans to the West Indies and you know it's so hot there and also I think that he was who was afraid to sell mittens there and it was brilliant because he went and sold the warming pans and they had a big molasses industry.
No Such Thing As James Cameron's Worms, 2022-11-18 · listen
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