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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 194 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French domain in America . (search)
Santo Domingo,
One of the larger of the West India islands.
The natives called it Haiti, the Spaniards Hispaniola, and afterwards by its present name.
It was called Santo Domingo by Bartholomew Columbus for the double reason: 1.
That it was discovered by his brother on Sunday—the Lord's day—and he spoke of it
Discovery of Santo Domingo.
(after a sketch said to have been made by Columbus.) as Domina; and, 2.
Dominica was the name of their father; so Bartholomew gave it the title of Santo Domingo.
The island was discovered by Columbus in December, 1492, and at Isabella, on the north shore, was founded the first Spanish colony in the Western Hemisphere.
The island is now divided between the republics of Santo Domingo and Haiti.
The
The City of Santo Domingo (from an old print). town of Santo Domingo was founded Aug. 4, 1496.
The natives were kind and friendly towards the discoverers.
So loving and tractable and peaceable are these people, Columbus wrote to Isabella, tha