Show Isle of Martinique l Martinique West Indies posses posses- possession possession possession sion of France is an island 3 square miles mlles in area with a quarter quarter quarter ter of a million inhabitants or or an average of about persons persona to the square mile Much of the in interior In In- tenor is devoid dovold of human lift life be be- because because because cause it cannot be cultivated while more than one fifth of the total number of inhabitants Inhabitant liv livin in and around the capital and port Fort de France Martinique is situated between Puerto Rico and Trinidad in the curving island chain that sepa sepa- separates separates separates rates the Atlantic ocean from th the Caribbean just Caribbean just 1260 miles from the Panama canal |