Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Tale of San Domingo
Columbus discovered this turtle-shaped island December 6, 1492, and at Isabella, on the northern coast, established the first Spanish colony. The city of San Domingo was founded, 1496, by the brother of the renowned admiral. For half a century these settlements received marked attention from the mother country, and rose to great prosperity. But, as other parts of America were discovered, the inhabitants were drawn off and the indigenes having been exterminated by excessive work and general ill-usage, the island, for a period, declined.
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