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Hispaniola (the island that has become the Dominican Republic and Haiti) was discovered by Christopher Columbus. On his second trip to the island he founded the first Spanish colony in the new world. Christopher Columbus's brother, Bartholomew Columbus, also established a settlement on another part of the island. In short, the Spanish explorers were responsible for the colonization of Hispaniola, although they later last the land that is modern-day Haiti to the French.

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