Word: hispaniola
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Columbus first landed in northern Haiti (Hispaniola) in 1492, he captured a lovely Indian girl who was expensively but sparsely clad-with a golden nose plug and nothing else. Next day he found a town of 1,000 houses, some of whose inhabitants wore golden ear pendants. When he returned to Spain, he reported many of these small treasures...