GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Santo Domingo and Haiti
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Cuba and Jamaica
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Puerto Rico and Haiti
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Aruba and Curacao
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hispaniola, Spanish La Española, second largest island of the West Indies, lying within the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea. It is divided politically into the Republic of Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dominican Republic and Haiti, together, make up an island known as Hispaniola, Cuba’s southeastern neighbour in the Caribbean Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -The political division of the island of Hispaniola is due to the European struggle for control of the New World, when France and Spain began fighting for control of the island. They resolved their dispute in 1697 by splitting the island into two colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus renamed the island Española (Hispaniola) meaning “little Spain.” On December 5, 1492, Columbus anchored off the northern shoreline of Haiti, near modern Cap-Haïtien. On Christmas Eve 1492, the Santa Maria (Columbus’ flagship) sank just off of an inlet Columbus would later name La Nativida.