December 5, 1492 (of Prince the winter months XVI), the European navigator Christopher Columbus first set foot on the island of Hispaniola. In In the 15th century when the island of Hispaniola map


in 1492, Christopher Columbus first set foot on this island, and named after the name of the country of Spain for Iraq By Spa-Ni Aola Island. The island of Hispaniola was discovered, the island is home to about 100 million Indians Taino, in the northwest of the island inhabited by little Sivori wife. At that time the island has five Indian indigenous tribes, they live in the densely populated village, capturing birds, fish, rodents, and arable land. The island of Hispaniola Indians used stone axes reclamation, cultivation with a wooden spatula. The main crops are cassava and sweet potato.
Review: Columbus on the island to establish the first colony of Europeans in the Americas.