Spanish Main (i.e. main-land), a name given to the north coast of South America from the Orinoco to Darien, and to the shores of the former Central American provinces of Spain contiguous to the Caribbean Sea. The name, however, is often used of the Caribbean Sea itself, especially in connection with the Buccaneers (q.v.). See Rodway, The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1896).
Spanish Main
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