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From: "Augusta B. Elmwood" <>
Subject: Re: Jewish Delvalle and St. Domingo
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 11:26:56 -0500


I believe Columbus' maps labeled it "la isla española" . I wonder if that
meant <the Spanish island> (territorially speaking) or if it meant <the
island named Española>.

Thanks, Richard, for the interesting info about the original name of the
island. So Haiti was not the name of the island but a description of the
mountainous areas of.

Bonne Dimanche,
Augusta

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Bond <>
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Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: Jewish Delvalle and St. Domingo


: No the name of the island was Quisequaya the Indians called mountainous
: areas Haitis and Columbus called the island Espanola which means the
: Spanish (adjectivial form). Hispaniola is a form of Espanola.
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