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aug 3, 1491 - Columbus' first voyage and encounter with Taino

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When Christopher Columbus arrived on the Bahamian Island in 1492, he encountered the Taino people which he described in letters as "naked as the day they were born." The Taino had complex hierarchical religious, political, and social systems.

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aug 3, 1491
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~ 534 years ago