The colony was abandoned in October after only 3 months, and he and about 150 other survivors returned to Hispaniola.
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He was part of the first band of Dominicans to come to Hispaniola island, in September 1510, under the leadership of Pedro de Córdoba.
Esteban Valera Beltré (born December 26, 1967 in Ingenio Quisqueya, Dominican Republic) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1991–1992), Texas Rangers (1994–1995) and Boston Red Sox (1996).
Taíno, commonly called Island Arawak, was spoken on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.
Captain Alexander Smollett is the captain of the schooner Hispaniola in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.
Three mammal families are endemic to the bioregion; the Solenodontidae includes two species of Solenodon, one species on Cuba, the other on Hispaniola.
On December 1511, the Dominican friar Antonio de Montesinos openly rebuked the Spanish authorities governing Hispaniola for their mistreatment of the American natives, telling them "... you are in mortal sin ... for the cruelty and tyranny you use in dealing with these innocent people".
These were the Guanahatabey of western Cuba, the Macorix (Mazorij) of southeastern Hispaniola (modern Dominican Republic), the Ciguayo (Siwayo) of northeastern Hispaniola (Samaná Peninsula), and possibly a population in southwestern Hispaniola (modern Haiti, Tiburon Peninsula).
The fictional Israel Hands, for example, was the coxswain of the Hispaniola in Treasure Island.
In 1992, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing on Hispaniola, Colón de Carvajal was co-designated Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, alongside US Congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
In 1514 he was appointed supervisor of gold smeltings at Santo Domingo, and on his return to Spain in 1523 was appointed historiographer of the Indies.
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone, along the south side of the island of Hispaniola, where the Dominican Republic and Haiti are
Taíno, an Arawakan language, was the principal language of the Caribbean islands at the time of the Spanish Conquest, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, and the Lesser Antilles.
Another crossbill on Hispaniola was previously treated as a subspecies, Loxia leucoptera megaplaga, but is now treated as a distinct species, Hispaniolan Crossbill, Loxia megaplaga.
In late February 1717, Whydah, under the command of Captain Lawrence Prince, was navigating the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola when it was attacked by pirates led by "Black Sam" Bellamy.