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landed on the island of Hispaniola in 1492

Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain

Christopher Columbus

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The answer is Christopher Columbus

Explanation:

He landed on the island in 1492 and named it La Isla Española (Hispaniola in its Anglicized form). During Spanish colonial times, the island's position on the northern flank of the Caribbean Sea provided an excellent location for control of Spanish expansion to Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and South America.

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no every country is held to the same degree as others just some member countries such as the usa and germany are more economically sound so the need to show there support to all others