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Dependent territories in the Caribbean

  • GuadeloupeChristopher Columbus set foot on the island in November 1493. He named it Guadeloupe after a shrine to the Virgin Mary located in the Spanish town of…
  • United States Virgin IslandsChristopher Columbus sighted the islands on his second voyage in 1493. He named them Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes after a legend about Saint Ursula…
  • Puerto RicoIn 1493, Christopher Columbus arrived on the island he named San Juan Bautista. The Taíno people had already lived there for centuries before his arrival.