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![]() ![]() The French and English settlers were attacked in 1629 by the Spanish commanded by Don Fadrique de Toledo, who fortified the island, and expelled the French and English. In 1625, French and English colonists from Saint Kitts arrived on the island of Tortuga after initially planning to settle on mainland Hispaniola. Tortuga was originally settled by a few Spanish colonists under the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. ![]() ![]() Because the shape reminded him of a turtle's shell, he chose the name of Tortuga. At sunrise, Columbus noticed an island whose contours emerged from the morning mist. On December 6, 1492, three Spanish ships entered the Windward Passage that separates Cuba and Haiti. The first Europeans to land on Tortuga were the Spanish in 1492 during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus into the New World. Its tourist industry and references in many works have made it one of the most recognized regions of Haiti. In the 17th century, Tortuga was a major center and haven of Caribbean piracy. Tortuga is 180 square kilometres (69 square miles) in size and had a population of 25,936 at the 2003 census. It constitutes the commune of Île de la Tortue in the Port-de-Paix arrondissement of the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. Tortuga Island ( French: Île de la Tortue, IPA: Haitian Creole: Latòti Spanish: Isla Tortuga, IPA:, Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola. ![]()
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