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Hispaniola
Hispaniola , Span. Española , second largest island of the West Indies, 29,530 sq mi (76,483 sq km), between Cuba and Puerto Rico. Haiti occupies the western third of the island and the Dominican Republic the remainder. Visited by Columbus in 1492, the island was called Española. ... Read more
Alonso de Ojeda
Alonso de Ojeda , c.1466-1515?, Spanish conquistador. He joined Columbus on his second voyage and in 1499—at first accompanied by Vespucci —explored the northeastern coast of South America. In 1508 he was made governor of territories of N South America. Near present Cartagena he was def... Read more
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus Ital. Cristoforo Colombo , Span. Cristóbal Colón , 1451-1506, European explorer, b. Genoa, Italy. Early Years Columbus spent some of his early years at his father's trade of weaving and later became a sailor on the Mediterranean. Shipwrecked near the P... Read more
tody
tody , common name for small (3-4 in./9-10 cm) West Indian birds of the family Todidae, comprising the single genus Todus. Bright green above with red throats, they are forest birds called robins by Jamaicans, although not related to the robin. They are typically divided into four lowland species,... Read more
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa , c.1475-1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. After sailing with Bastidas in 1501, Balboa probably went to Hispaniola. In 1510, fleeing from creditors, he hid on the vessel that took Enciso to Panama. After reaching Darién , Bal... Read more
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado , 1486-1541, Spanish conquistador. He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. He commanded at Tenochtitlán in the absence of Cortés, and hi... Read more
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas , 1474-1566, Spanish missionary and historian, called the apostle of the Indies. He went to Hispaniola with his father in 1502, and eight years later he was ordained a priest. In 1514 he began to work for the improvement of conditions among the indigenous population, es... Read more
Sir William Phips
Sir William Phips 1651-95, American colonial governor. Born in what is today Maine, he was a carpenter and shipbuilder in Boston and became interested in sunken treasure. On his second hunt for treasure, which was financed by the 2d duke of Albemarle, he recovered (1687) some £300,000 wor... Read more
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Martín Alonso Pinzón d.1493, Spanish navigator. The commander of the Pinta on Columbus's first voyage to the New World in 1492, he was already an experienced seaman and an influential citizen of Palos de la Frontera . The support given to Columbus by Pinzón and his brothers ... Read more
Diego de Velázquez
Diego de Velázquez , c.1460-1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage (1493) to Hispaniola and in 1511 commanded an expedition sent by Diego Columbus to conquer Cuba. Landing at Baracoa , where he e... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Hispaniola"

Hispaniola
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Hispaniola Island in the West Indies, in the n central Caribbean Sea, between Cuba...largest island in the West Indies, Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola in 1492. Haiti occupies the w third and the Dominican Republic the remaining...
Christopher Columbus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sighted Cuba and on Dec. 5 reached Hispaniola. On Christmas Eve the Santa María was wrecked on the north coast of Hispaniola, and Columbus, leaving men there to...Puerto Rico. The admiral arrived at Hispaniola to find the first colony destroyed by...
Dominican Republic
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...the Haitian rulers of the island of Hispaniola. When Christopher Columbus first discovered...Isla Espa ñ ola, which became Hispaniola. A few years later the city of Santo...eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola and is 18,816 square miles (48...
Haitians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...INTRODUCTION Sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, Haiti...Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola on December 6, 1492, he was greeted...an island off the northwest coast of Hispaniola, in 1659. The first French residents...
François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...leader who controlled virtually all of Hispaniola for the French before Haitian independence...the turbulent events of strife-torn Hispaniola, first by making a military reputation...the eastern, and Spanish, part of Hispaniola, where he served with distinction in...
West Indies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Caribbean, the largest of which are Cuba, Hispaniola (politically Haiti and the Dominican...whole region, concentrating first on Hispaniola, then on Cuba and Puerto Rico. Sugar...established a foothold on the western part of Hispaniola. Dutch settlements were on Cura...
Dominican Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with the nation of Haiti. Hispaniola defines the northern rim of the Caribbean...lies just to the west, and Puerto Rico, Hispaniola's eastern neighbor. The Dominican Republic...
Haiti
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World ...occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic occupies the...modern Haitians eat. The island of Hispaniola, which encompasses both Haiti and the...named it La Isla Espanola (later named Hispaniola), or the Spanish Island, and claimed...
The Caribbean
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola became the imperial periphery after...Arawak cacique, 'chief', Guarionex in Hispaniola, in which both protagonists deliver...religious practices of the inhabitants of Hispaniola. His account, in a form as garbled...
Ponce de León, Juan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...hundred men who set out for the island of Hispaniola (modern Dominican Republic and Haiti...n spent most of the early 1500s in Hispaniola, establishing farms, distributing...children. He was named deputy governor of Hispaniola by Governor Nicolas de Ovando after...

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Louisiana Purchase
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...led a slave revolt that eventually took control of Haiti and Hispaniola, the latter of which Napoleon had chosen as the seat of his...the futility of his plan, Napoleon abandoned his dreams for Hispaniola. As a result, he no longer had a need for the Louisiana...
Dominican Republic
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...country in the Caribbean, the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola. Economy Light industry, expansion of duty-free industrial...export, and gold is also important. History The island of Hispaniola was divided between France and Spain, with France gaining...
Haiti
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Caribbean country that occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola. Physical The country is mainly mountainous with three main...and the assembly or finishing of imported goods. History Hispaniola was discovered by Columbus during his first voyage to the...
Toussaint L'Ouverture, Pierre Dominique
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...revolutionary leader. Brought up a slave in the western part of Hispaniola (now Haiti), in 1791 he became one of the leaders of a...led the drive to expel the British and Spanish from western Hispaniola. In 1801 he took control of the whole island, establishing...
West Indies
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...islands of the Caribbean, the largest of which are Cuba, Hispaniola (politically Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica...1640s, and had established a foothold on the western part of Hispaniola. Dutch settlements were on Curaçao and St Eustatius...
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Vasco Núñez de (1475–1519) Spanish explorer. Having settled in the new Spanish colony of Hispaniola in 1501, in 1511 Balboa joined an expedition to Darien (in Panama) as a stowaway, but rose to command it after a mutiny...
Piracy
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...after Mansfield ’ s death. [Br. Hist.: NCE , 1832] Silver, Long John one-legged corsair; leads mutiny on Hispaniola . [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island ] Singleton, Captain buccaneer acquires great wealth depredating in West Indies and Indian...
Bahamas, The Commonwealth of The
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...The A country in the Caribbean, consisting of a group of islands in the western Atlantic Ocean, set between Florida and Hispaniola. Physical Of the 700 mainly coral islands some thirty are large enough to live on, the largest being the Grand Bahama and...
Solenodontidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...with the Tenrecidae . There are two species, Solenodon paradoxus , occurring only in Haiti and the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola Island), and S. cubanus , in Cuba, the latter sometimes being placed in a separate genus, Atopogale .
Dulidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...country with palms, feeding on berries and blossom. Its nest is a large communal structure with separate entrances and nesting compartments, built high in a palm. It is found in the West Indies, confined to Hispaniola and Gonave.

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The Tears of Hispaniola
Magazine article from: Journal of Haitian Studies; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; The Tears of Hispaniola. By Luca Surez. Gaines ville: University...on the transnational literature of Hispaniola. For Surez, the political and historical forces that rip apart the island of Hispaniola produce discourses of lament whose...
Hispaniola shows plenty of dash
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 1/17/1998; ; 570 words ; ...Straits Times 01-17-1998 NEWCOMER Hispaniola, who is engaged in the Restricted Terms...back straight. The going was good. Hispaniola, who arrived unraced in October 1996...yearling. The Michael Kent-trained Hispaniola looks forward enough for a winning debut...
Hispaniola - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM); 1/1/1996; 158 words ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Hispaniola Continent associated with map: North...comprising two or more countries, i.e. Hispaniola, Middle East, Balkans, Central America Map Description: the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Haiti and the...
Hispaniola: two wings of the same bird.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Inroads: A Journal of Opinion; 6/22/2003; ; 617 words ; ...REPUBLIC AND HAITI SHARE THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA, AND are thus condemned by geography...Caribbean and Latin America, it is in Hispaniola that Canada's influence is greatest...economics of development should focus on Hispaniola. Inroads is proud to publish two complementary...
Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint: Nation, State, and Race on Hispaniola
Magazine article from: Caribbean Quarterly; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Counterpoint: Nation, State, and Race on Hispaniola, Macmillan: Palgrave 2003. The central...republics that occupy the island of Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic...significant amount of published work on Hispaniola, Matibag successfully demonstrates...
For Hispaniola the coffee outlook is bleak. (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 1/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; For Hispaniola the coffee outlook is bleak Drought...both nations occupying the island of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Caribbean...occupying the eastern two thirds of Hispaniola, and Haiti, occupying the western...
Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola
Magazine article from: Americas; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola, by Michele Wucker. New York: Hill...represents every aspect of life in Hispaniola, the Caribbean island shared by the...Spanish- and French-speaking peoples of Hispaniola have been at odds since early in the...
Democracy comes to Hispaniola. (democratic governments in Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
Magazine article from: World Policy Journal; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, to reinstate the deposed Aristide...two countries that share the island of Hispaniola have democratically elected presidents...Spain began wrangling over control of Hispaniola. They resolved the dispute in 1777...
Pedro L. San Miguel. The Imagined Island. History, Identity & Utopia in Hispaniola.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...History, Identity & Utopia in Hispaniola. Chapel Hill: The U of North Carolina...Miguel examines historical narratives of Hispaniola as foundational fictions of a "nationalist...politics from fiction in the history of Hispaniola nation building is the first concern...
TROPICAL STORM IRIS THREATENS HISPANIOLA
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/5/2001; 335 words ; ...2001 Tropical storm Iris threatens Hispaniola MIAMI, Oct 05, 2001 (United Press...the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti and the Dominican Republic...of Iris near the southwest coast of Hispaniola Saturday. Maximum sustained winds of...