The land Columbus loved

Abstract

Christopher Columbus fell ¡n lovc with what is today the Dominican Republic as soon as he saw it on his first voyage to the New World, and wrote to Ring Ferdhiand and Qúeen Isabela: “Hiere is no finer land than this under Heaven. He spent so niuch of his time on this one island, instead of looking Tor new lands, that when he left Spain on his fourth and last voyage the king and cjuecn ordered him not to touch at Española, as the island was then called. Despite thcsc íoyal orders, the Adjniral of the Otean Sea set his course direct for Santo Domingo. People llave been falling in love with the country ever sinde. Many of the prominent residents today are people who an ived on vacations or short business tripa and remained.