Christopher Columbus

On his second expedition, Columbus chose a more southerly route.

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He sailed to the Lesser Antilles, discovered Dominica, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe, Antigua, and Puerto Rico. He sailed again to Haiti, only to find that none of the first expedition crew survived. They died at the hands of the natives. Sailing along the southern coast of Cuba, he discovered Jamaica.