USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -↔ Kilometers: 1226.02 km. / Miles: 761.81 miles. / Nautical Miles: 661.56 NM. ✈ Estimated flight time: 1.34 hours. (With average airplane speed of 567mph).

Detailed explanation-2: -The islands of Puerto Rico and Cuba have a great deal in common. As near-neighbors in the Greater Antilles island chain, both lie in the Caribbean between Florida and Venezuela. Both share Spanish origins, and both islands have played key roles in the history of the Americas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The easternmost island of the Greater Antilles chain, it lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of the Dominican Republic, 40 miles (65 km) west of the Virgin Islands, and 1, 000 miles (1, 600 km) southeast of the U.S. state of Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -It’s a U.S. commonwealth Puerto Rico first became a U.S. territory following the Spanish-American War, which was ignited by the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. The war ended with the U.S. acquiring many of Spain’s possessions, including Cuba, Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

Detailed explanation-5: -Puerto Padre, city and port, eastern Cuba. It lies on sheltered Puerto Padre Bay, of the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Holguín. The city is a commercial and manufacturing centre for a fertile irrigated hinterland.