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New page: Image:DominicanRepublic.gif Two thirds of the Caribbean island Hispaniola is known as the '''Dominican Republic'''. Columbus' ship the Santa Maria reached the island on Christma...
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Two thirds of the Caribbean island [[Hispaniola]] is known as the '''Dominican Republic'''.
Columbus' ship the Santa Maria reached the island on Christmas Eve 1492. The settlement there was named "La Navidad". It was was given to [[Spain]] in the [[Treaty of Tordesillas|Line of Demarcation]] set up by the Pope in 1515.
[[Category:Caribbean Countries]]
Two thirds of the Caribbean island [[Hispaniola]] is known as the '''Dominican Republic'''.
Columbus' ship the Santa Maria reached the island on Christmas Eve 1492. The settlement there was named "La Navidad". It was was given to [[Spain]] in the [[Treaty of Tordesillas|Line of Demarcation]] set up by the Pope in 1515.
[[Category:Caribbean Countries]]