Léogâne
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Léogâne is one of the coastal communes in Haiti. It is located in the eponymous Léogâne Arrondissement, which is part of the Ouest Department. The port town is located about 30 km west of the Haitian
Skyline Leogane
Damage to Léogâne on 22 January
A LCU from the 22nd MEU delivers humanitarian aid and supplies to the beach at Léogâne.
Sugar Mill in Darbonne Léogâne.
Anacaona
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Anacaona was a Taíno cacica, zemi interpreter, composer, and poet born in Yaguana, Jaragua, Hispaniola. After the death of her brother Bohechío in 1500, she became the ruler of Jaragua. In the centuri
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…chiefdoms on the island of Hispaniola. This province was the last independent holdout during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola until the Taíno queen Anacaona, who was born in the town, was captured and killed by the Spaniards in 1503. In 1592 the town was captured and burned by an English privateer fleet led…
Illustration depicting the Battle of Vega Real, during which Anacona's husband, Caonabo, was captured
Massacre of the queen and her subjects, by Joos van Winghe, from A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas.
Anacaona in chains, from A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving