He then sailed to Haiti, which he called Hispaniola, or "Little Spain.". From Wordnik.com. [Discoverers and Explorers] Reference
To such extremes has this gone that, whereas there were more than 3 million souls, whom we saw in Hispaniola, there are today not 200 of the native population left. From Wordnik.com. [Religion In Latin America: A Documentary History] Reference
During the next half century Haiti, called Hispaniola ( "Spanish Isle"), served as. From Wordnik.com. [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference
We were then within a hundred and twenty leagues of the island called Hispaniola, discovered by the Admiral. From Wordnik.com. [Amerigo Vespucci] Reference
The outer bands now are just lashing Hispaniola, which is the island comprised of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2007] Reference
The very large and rich Island called Hispaniola, lieth siituate in the altitude of seventeen degrees, and an half. From Wordnik.com. [Bucaniers of America:] Reference
The island that came to be known as Hispaniola was discovered by Europeans when Christopher Columbus landed there in 1492. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2010] Reference
This storm has already taken a pretty heavy toll in human life on the island of Hispaniola, that is the Dominican Republic and Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2008] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The island that came to be known as Hispaniola was discovered by Europeans when Christopher Columbus landed there in 1492. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010] Reference
An "epiphanic moment" occurred when he read shortly afterward that scholars had "uncovered" the existence of eight million people in Hispaniola. From Wordnik.com. [1491] Reference
North side of the famous and great Island, called Hispaniola, nigh unto the Continent thereof, and in the altitude of twenty degrees and thirty minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Bucaniers of America:] Reference
Where is -- this is from Hispaniola, which is essentially Haiti and the Dominican Republic put together, for those of you who may not know your geography. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2008] Reference
Jean is in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo on the final leg of her three-day visit to the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the two countries. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories] Reference
That island of Hispaniola is one island. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil?] Reference
(three meters) high, slammed shores along the Bay of Port-au-Prince and the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Juss: There's a ship called the Hispaniola?. From Wordnik.com. [On the Authenticity of The Muppet Treasure Island] Reference
Concerned Barbados citizens oppose Liz Thompson's nomination to United Nations UNFCCC position Anti-Obama Tea Party cruise conceals Haiti destination as "Hispaniola". From Wordnik.com. [Barbados Free Press] Reference
Somebody remarked that wheat was grown in Hispaniola, to which. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
The news of this massacre reaching Hispaniola from the Spaniards at. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
The presence of Las Casas in Hispaniola infused new courage into the. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Hispaniola in July, 1521, directing his course first to the island of. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Such was the condition of the colony in Hispaniola, when Bartholomew de. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Figueroa being sent to Hispaniola, Doctor de la Gama to Puerto Rico and. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Domingo in Hispaniola and from there, they have to reembark to Puerto de. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
The news of the disaster at Cumaná had long since reached Hispaniola and Las. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Hispaniola because they escaped and lived amongst the natives whom they corrupted. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Thus Las Casas beheld his five hundred dollars vanish and himself a fixture in Hispaniola. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Hatuey, and in the early part of 1512, Diego Velasquez sent for Las Casas to join him from Hispaniola. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Smuggled goods poured into Haiti from the Dominican Republic, its neighbor on the island of Hispaniola. From Wordnik.com. [How About Another Bay Of Pigs?] Reference
But Georges bore a special malice toward the island of Hispaniola, where damage and loss of life were very high. From Wordnik.com. [A Deadly Spree For Georges] Reference
Dominican friar in Hispaniola — possibly the redoubtable Montesinos himself — because he was a slave-holder. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
And there they all were, up on the TV screens in this little shop on the island of Hispaniola in the middle of the Caribbean. From Wordnik.com. [First Person Global] Reference
Hispaniola, the Admiral found the little colony he had left there completely exterminated, and learned from his friend the Cacique. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Their beds are of matting, and they mostly sleep in certain things like hanging nets, called in the language of Hispaniola hamacas. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Representatives of the colonists in Cuba and Hispaniola spared no effort to defeat their opponent, promising, if the concessions Las. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Casas set out for Hispaniola, leaving all he possessed in the convent, save one box of his clothing and another containing some books. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Their vessel reached Hispaniola thirteen days earlier than the other, which had been obliged to stop at Puerto Rico to discharge freight. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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