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by Rebekah Santana | May 3, 2021 | 1600-1700
In the latter part of the 15th century, while sailing his second expedition, Christopher Columbus came across a small island—an island that long before 1492-1494 had been inhabited by the Taino population, and that at the time was called Boriquen. The Taino population...