While Christopher Columbus is credited with finding and landing on many of the Caribbean Islands, they were populated long before his happy accident. The people native to these islands are:
Arawak
Igneri
Taíno
Caquetio
Ciboney
Ciguayo
Galibi
Garifuna
Island Caribs
Kalinago
Lucayan
Macorix
Raizal
So, more accurately, depending on which you mean, people from the list above "found" the Caribbean islands.
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There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean separated into
island countries. Some of these island countries include Aruba,
Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, and Guadeloupe.
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While Christopher Columbus is credited with finding and landing on many of the Caribbean Islands, they were populated long before his happy accident. The people native to these islands are:
Arawak
Igneri
Taíno
Caquetio
Ciboney
Ciguayo
Galibi
Garifuna
Island Caribs
Kalinago
Lucayan
Macorix
Raizal
So, more accurately, depending on which you mean, people from the list above "found" the Caribbean islands.
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There are hundred of named and unnamed islands in the Caribbean
Sea, ranging from the larger islands that border it (Hispaniola,
Cuba, Puerto Rico) to the central islands (Jamaica and the Caymans)
to the innumerable cays and reefs of the Antilles. (A list of
inhabited islands, and their affiliation, is at the related
link)