the East West Indies

Patchouli (Pogostemon patchouli) is a two-three foot perennial bush with purple flowers, a member of the mint family native to the East and West Indies.

广藿香 (Pogostemon patchouli[注])是一种带有两到三英尺高的紫花灌木，属于产自东西印度群岛的薄荷家族中的一员。

In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin America.

在18世纪后期，战争爆发于欧洲大陆的几乎每一个角落，在中东、南非、西印度群岛、拉丁美洲亦都是如此。

Later when Columbus' mistake was discovered, Spain renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands (the East Indies), which is in the Pacific Ocean and we now call Indonesia.

后来，西班牙人发现了哥伦布的错误，便把这里改名为西印度群岛，以区别于太平洋上的“香料群岛”(又名“东印度群岛”)，即如今的印度尼西亚。