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