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Headword Date Article Type
Columbus' voyage of discovery financed by Ferdinand of Spain 1492 Topics Short note
Columbus reaches the Bahamas 1492 Topics Short note
Inhabitants of Hispaniola forced by Columbus to pay tribute to Spain 1495 Topics
Columbus's third voyage 1498 Topics Short note
Spanish settlers and natives revolt against the rule of Columbus in Hispaniola 1499 Topics
Spanish enslave natives of Hispaniola 1508 Topics
Shocking eye-witness accounts of the behaviour of Spanish colonists in Cuba by Bartolome de las Casas 1514 Topics
Havana established by the Spanish in Cuba 1515 Topics
John Hawkins and Francis Drake are trapped by Spanish ships in the West Indies 1568 Topics Short note
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to the West Indies fails 1579 Topics Short note
Santo Domingo forced to pay tribute after a surprise attack by Francis Drake 1586 Topics
First English Settlement in the West Indies 1624 Topics Short note
French occupy the Antilles and Cayenne 1625 Topics Short note
Charles I grants Lord Carlisle the settlement of the Caribbean Islands 1627 Topics Short note
English adventurers acquire the Isle of Nevis 1628 Topics Short note
Tortuga, off Hispaniola, is settled by pirates 1630 Topics Short note
English settlement of the Leeward Islands is begun from St. Kitts 1631 Topics Short note
English settlements are made in Antigua and Montserrat 1632 Topics Short note
The Dutch capture the Island of Curaçao 1634 Topics Short note
The French occupy Martinique and Guadeloupe 1635 Topics Short note

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