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Hispaniola expedition may refer to:

  • Hispaniola expedition of 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
  • Hispaniola expedition of 1809, during the Napoleonic wars, Spain with the aid of Britain recaptured the island from the French

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Hispaniola expedition

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Hispaniola expedition may refer to: Hispaniola expedition of 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) Hispaniola expedition of 1809, during the...

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Rafael Conti

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in Aguadilla. In 1809, he organized a military expedition fight with the aim of returning Hispaniola, which now comprises the nations of the Dominican...

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Voyages of Christopher Columbus

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the expedition alive out of the 147 who sailed from Spain with Columbus. Due to the strong winds, it took the caravel 45 days to reach La Hispaniola. This...

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Treasure Island

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make an expedition to the island, with Jim serving as a cabin boy. They set sail from Bristol on a schooner chartered by Trelawney, the Hispaniola, under...

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Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean...

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Christopher Columbus

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inhabitants as Guanahani. He then visited the islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola, establishing a colony in what is now Haiti. Columbus returned to Castile...

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English Armada

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 'English Invincible'), also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake–Norris Expedition, was an attack fleet sent against Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England...

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Western Design

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on Hispaniola was a failure but the English then subsequently took Jamaica and claimed it for the English Commonwealth. The purpose of the expedition was...

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Alonso de Ojeda

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Peninsula, which he named Coquivacoa. A few days later the expedition left Cabo de la Vela for Hispaniola with some pearls obtained in Paria, a little gold and...

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Devastations of Osorio

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the Spanish monarch Philip III sent an order to the then-governor of Hispaniola, Antonio de Osorio, to depopulate those parts of the island (by force...

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Bartholomew Columbus

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the "New World". Funded by the Crown, Bartholomew Columbus traveled to Hispaniola in 1494 to meet his brother, where he was appointed as an adelantado,...

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Juan de Grijalva

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Spanish conquistador, and a relative of Diego Velázquez.: 27  He went to Hispaniola in 1508 and to Cuba in 1511. He was one of the early explorers of the...

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Antilles

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Greater Antilles includes the Cayman Islands and larger islands of Cuba, Hispaniola (subdivided into the nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and...

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Lucayan people

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known of Taíno culture in Cuba and Hispaniola. The Lucayans were distinguished from the Taínos of Cuba and Hispaniola in the size of their houses, the organization...

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