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    Spanish Island "), later Latinized toHispaniola.After 25 years of Spanish occupation, the Taíno populationinthe Spanish-dominated parts of the island...
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    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico(category Companies that filed for Chapter 11bankruptcyin2018)
    Lares de Guahaba). As all the dioceses were located on the island ofHispañiola,the Spanish Crown requested that the Diocese of Bayuna be transferred...
    21 KB (1,787 words) - 22:23, 29 June 2024
  • came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island ofHispaniola,where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people...
    133 KB (16,860 words) - 12:24, 8 July 2024
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    Hurricane Irene(category 2011 disastersinCanada)
    storm paralleled offshore ofHispaniola,continuing to slowly intensifyinthe process. Shortly before making four landfallsinthe Bahamas, Irene peaked...
    188 KB (16,033 words) - 19:11, 3 July 2024
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    Ulises Heureaux(category People murderedinthe Dominican Republic)
    State onHispaniola.Springer. p. 129. ISBN 9781403973801. Retrieved 3 December 2014. Cassá, Roberto (2001). Ulises Heureaux: el tirano perfecto (inSpanish)...
    15 KB (1,452 words) - 20:42, 22 April 2024
  • settlinginthe Dominican Republic. Haitian nationals now make the majority of persons trying to reach the U.S. commonwealth from the island ofHispaniola,usually...
    20 KB (2,232 words) - 14:03, 21 April 2024
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    Antilles. It is 80% of the size of Jamaica, just over 18% of the size ofHispaniolaand 8% of the size of Cuba, the largest of the Greater Antilles. The topography...
    264 KB (26,421 words) - 09:12, 7 July 2024
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    Spanish Empire(category States and territories establishedin1492)
    Castilian lifeina different venue. Columbus's second voyagein1493 had a large contingent of settlers and goods to accomplish that. OnHispaniola,the city...
    175 KB (19,424 words) - 01:45, 24 June 2024
  • Indigenous culturesinNorth America typically did not utilize written language to keep recordsinthe pre-Columbian era, and written recordsinMesoamerican...
    81 KB (2,522 words) - 02:50, 3 July 2024
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    island ofHispaniola(Santo Domingo), also joined the conflict and fought with Britain against France. The proportion of slaves was not as highinthe Spanish...
    141 KB (17,976 words) - 19:35, 8 June 2024
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    Age of Discovery(category 15th centuryininternational relations)
    Columbusin1498 was the beginning of the first successful Castilian (Spanish) colonizationinthe West Indies, on the island ofHispaniola.Despite growing...
    208 KB (24,307 words) - 14:19, 28 June 2024
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    French colonization of the Americas(category French explorationinthe Age of Discovery)
    settlement lay on the island ofHispaniola,where France established the colony of Saint-Domingue on the western third of the islandin1664. Nicknamed the "Pearl...
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    2nd Spanish Armada(category 1596inEurope)
    the Irish enterprise. The material and financial losses added to thebankruptcyof the Spanish kingdom, during the autumn of 1596. Spain and England had...
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    de Leon was actively involvedinthe Hatuey (Jaragua) massacre of 1503inHispaniola(present-day Dominican Republic).In1508, Sir Ponce de Leon was chosen...
    123 KB (14,887 words) - 23:06, 7 July 2024
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    Security program, unemployment relief and insurance, public housing,bankruptcyinsurance, farm subsidies, and regulation of financial securities. It...
    304 KB (29,393 words) - 23:25, 7 July 2024
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    Habsburg Spain(category Articles lackingin-text citations from August 2021)
    territorial losses (the Franche-Comté, some townsinthe Southern Netherlands and part of the island ofHispaniola) were relatively few, it had demonstrated some...
    105 KB (14,073 words) - 07:14, 30 June 2024
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    the war, and then followed that with another successful expedition toHispaniolaand the Bay of Honduras the following year. Both Drake and Hawkins died...
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    Capture of Cádiz(category Conflictsin1596)
    treasure fleet's silver, the raid contributed to Spain's declaration ofbankruptcythe following year. On 13 June 1596 the fleet set sail from Plymouth....
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  • projects (inhardware, software, and related media) that have embarked upon crowdfunding campaigns. Only when the amount raised is highlightedingreen did...
    352 KB (13,253 words) - 20:11, 3 July 2024
  • PAWA Dominicana(category Airlines establishedin2003)
    failure would be the first test of the nation's newbankruptcylaw. PAWA Dominicana was createdin2003 as a subsidiary of Pan American Airways, which...
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