Quisqueya, a Real Island
There are two aboriginal names attributed to Hispaniola: Quisqueya and Haiti. Other names such as Bohío and Babeque (or Baneque), cited by Christopher Columbus, seem to be confusions of the…
"From the roots rise the peoples; and it is necessary to form them, to remake them incessantly, to study them at the roots". José Martí.
There are two aboriginal names attributed to Hispaniola: Quisqueya and Haiti. Other names such as Bohío and Babeque (or Baneque), cited by Christopher Columbus, seem to be confusions of the…