The reason Christopher Columbus had to go to the Canary Islands was because there was someone there that he loved, and he needed to get food and water for the trip. The Canary Islands are named the Canary Islands because there are wild canines (dogs) running around. The Canary Islands are a chain that is the southwestern part of the Spanish territory. The four islands of the Greater Antilles are Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. Cuba is the bigger one of the four, comes first on the map from left-right Hispaniola come next, the passage between those two islands is called the windward passage. Puerto Rico is the third one from left-right. Jamaica is directly under the eastern part of Cuba. Puerto Rico is the smallest of the group of four islands. The Lesser Antilles is a huge group of wicked small islands, one of them isMontserrat. Another one of the islands is Barbados, it is a continental region. Aruba is an island located in the southern part of the Lesser Antilles.