Hispaniola

The natives called themselves Tainos. They were open to trade with the sailors and traded glass beads, cotton balls, parrots and spears. Later in the month he sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and then in December he discovered Hispaniola, which he thought might be Japan. Believing that he landed in Asia he Dismantled one of his ships and built Villa de la Navidad, “Christmas Town”, and had 39 men stay behind to occupy the village and he took the other two ships and started off…

Another motive for setting sail on his voyage was that Columbus desired the conversion of Christianity over non-religious cultures. He encountered the Taíno, who where the first Native Americans he was in contact with. They were part of the Arawak language group, and their world was stretched a thousand miles across the islands of the Caribbean. His immediate thought was that they had no religion, so it would take no effort in converting them to Christianity. Columbus saw the Taíno as a way to…

of Independence, 1789 – 1804, by Laurent Dubois and John Garrigus is a translation concerning the ‘supposed’ Slave Revolution in the Caribbean. The significance of the account helps provide an historical account of the occupation of the island of Hispaniola, present day Haiti. Similarly, the context provides a clear mindset of the victims whose indulgence for 14 years of war, separation and lost culture clearly had enough. Interestingly enough, the source collaborates with course materials,…

The Catholic Church has been a big influential force in the Latin America. It influence can be found since the beginning when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. On the first island that they landed, Hispaniola or now Haiti/Dominican Republic, was were the church started to spread its influences. Among their priorities, the first of Church was stablish in the new continent. The other priority was to be a conscience to the “conquistadores” or conquerors about fair treatment of the…

Christopher Columbus should be remembered for his mistreatment of native americans, not for him ‘discovering America’. He helped grow the trans-atlantic slave trade and introduced deadly diseases to the population that eventually killed thousands of native americans. When he captured them as slaves, he made them work on plantations and search for gold in mines. By doing this, he took advantage of the natives. In fact, he would trade small trinkets like compasses and scissors with them for their…

to the murders of Taino people, and did not take orders of that direction from anybody else. Columbus’ journal reveals that he solely wanted gold from the Taino, and did not care how he got it. The second time he sailed to the ‘Indies’- really, Hispaniola- he had his men ship 500 Taino to Spain as slaves, and did so of his own free will. He had no orders from Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Columbus also forced any Taino over 14 to bring him gold every three months. If they failed, the…

Christopher Columbus is viewed as a heroic explorer because of the land he found, however other than that fact not much emphasis has been put into who he was. Was Christopher Columbus truly a heroic explorer or is his legacy one of cruelty, slavery and genocide? As a United States citizen the importance of our nation 's foundation is taught in early childhood, starting with the stories of Christopher Columbus and his significantly important journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher…

Pinta’s crew members. Columbus names this island San Salvador thinking it was Asain land, (which is now the Bahamas). Columbus thought that it could have been a passageway to India and China. He continues to search for China, but he ended up in Hispaniola and Cuba. His ship crashed as he arrived, but, because of that he had created his first Spanish settlement in the New World. After that he heads back to Spain. On September 25, 1493, the second voyage starts, this time with 17 ships and around…

Columbus headed back to sea with seventeen ships and fifteen hundred colonists aboard. He discovered more islands including Puerto Rico and Leeward Island. Christopher Columbus then made his return to Hispaniola to check on his men in their new settlement called Villa de La Navivda. After reaching Hispaniola, Christopher was flabbergasted at the view of his men and settlement being destroyed by the Native Americans. Against the Queens and King beliefs about slavery, Columbus enslaved the Native…

On his way to conquer the New World, Columbus first settled here in the island previously known as Quisqueva, Bohia and Ayti, then the Spanish named it Hispaniola. The original inhabitants called Tainos were annihilated as African slaves were delivered here with special purposes. Santo Domingo, the capital was the city at the very heart of the Spanish Empire in the New World. In 1967 Spanish ceded to France the present Republic of Haiti and the part that continued to be a Spanish colony turned…