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Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the secon-largest and most populous island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Cuba to the west, and Puerto Rico to the east. It is located directly within the hurricane belt. The Republic of Haiti occupies the western third and the Dominican Republic the eastern two-thirds of the island. Christopher Columbus arrived in Hispaniola on December 5, 1492, and on his second voyage in 1493 founded the first Spanish colony in the New World on it.

Trivia about hispaniola

  • Rainfall on this island that's home to Haiti averages 55 inches per year
  • Around 1512 Bartolome de las Casas became the first priest ordained in the New World on this island
  • Haiti occupies a third of this island; the Dominican Republic covers the rest
  • In 1697 Spain ceded just one-third of this Caribbean island to France
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  • Haiti occupies the western third of this island
  • During the Spanish colonial period, this island was also known as Santo Domingo
  • J.J. Dessalines, who bore scars from his master's whip, wanted to kill all whites on his island, now called this
  • Long John Silver was the mutinous cook aboard this "Treasure Island" ship that shares its name with a Caribbean island

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