Hispaniola

They sailed to Hispaniola or the Dominican Republic. Ponce de Leon became military commander at this position and was appointed deputy governor. In 1506, Ponce de Leon discovered a nearby island named Borinqien. While there, he found large deposits of gold. Soon after…

The name of the country i have is the Dominican Republic; the Dominican Republic is located in the continent North America, and is on the eastern part of an island called the Hispaniola in the west Indies; the West Indies is a line of Islands between North America and South America. The country was founded February 27, 1844 but was adopted on November 6 1863. The flag contains the three colors white, blue, and red. The white is a cross in the middle of the flag, the blue is on the left upper…

he wasn't the only one he was the most important, but the Age of Discovery had a major impact on the new and old world. Columbus set sail in 1492 and reached what he thought was the Indies in 30 days of sailing across the Atlantic. He landed in Hispaniola, and took back 10 indigenous people to convert to christianity. Colombus would come back and attempt to settle the land with a thousand men but fails. Later on a man named Nicola de Ovando arrived with two thousand five hundred men and…

I do believe that the Jesuits were not guilty of cultural genocide in their dealings with the Indians of South America. The term “cultural genocide” was first introduced in the mid 1900s as a cultural component to the already existing word genocide. The word genocide, comes from the ancient greek and latin words “geno” and “caedere”; literally translating to “to kill a tribe or race”. The formal definition of cultural genocide therefore being “ the systematic destruction of traditions, values,…

Haiti. In October of 1500, Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo arrested Christopher Columbus and sent him in restraints to Spain. Columbus, during his third break to the new world, busy in a dispute with the representative of Santo Domingo, Hispaniola Columbus was later free and pardoned by the Queen of Spain, Queen Isabella. In the year 1502, Christopher returned to the island fleeing a storm, and requested harbor. His requested was denied and was sent back out into a hurricane in which 20…

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, jointly occupying a space of less than 30,000 square miles. Despite their close proximity, the differences between the two are abundant: whereas Haitians take strong pride in their African roots and speak Creole, Dominicans pay homage to Spain as their motherland, and speak Spanish. The list of differences between the peoples of the two peoples is large, yet the roots of these cultural dissimilarities lie in…

the island for decades. Columbus saw this encounter as an opportunity to pay back Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain for his voyage, ships and crew. Columbus then set off, sending thousands of natives out to search for gold; when he discovered that Hispaniola was not plentiful in gold, Columbus took several thousands of natives back to Spain as slaves. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a federal holiday, stating that his voyage was “a prelude to a new…

was born in Medellín, Spain in 1485. He was born in a wealthy family, but his family wasn’t as wealthy. He attended the University of Salamanca, but he wasn’t as happy with school. He was inspired by Christopher Columbus to explore. So he moved to Hispaniola. There he convinced the governor, Velasquez, to give him permission to set sail and explore. Velasquez cancelled the expedition last minute, but Cortés was stubborn. He had went to Mexico without permission. He set sail with 11 ships and 500…

Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? Here’s what i think ..No, I disagree that we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day..Why? Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and discovered America, there is more to the story of the explorer we celebrate with a federal holiday on the secind Monday of every October.As historians have continued to learn and write more about the the real life of Christopher Columbus, controversy has arisen over the vadlidity of honoring the explorer as a hero.Like…

Jamaica is known to have an everlasting climate and fascinating geographical features. Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea and is a member of a chain of Islands known as the Greater Antilles. The other countries in this chain are Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands. Jamaica is the third largest country out of all of them with the area of 4,244 mi2. Interestingly enough, Jamaica is the exact size of Connecticut! The Caribbean Sea is the body of water that completely…