Guadeloupe
Columbus landed on Guadeloupe in 1493 and named it Santa Maria de Guadeloupe de Extremadura in honor of the image of the Virgin Mary venerated in Guadeloupe.
As was common at the time, Spain ignored the island in favor of richer areas, and the first European settlers there were the French. Unwilling to share control of the island, the French warred against the natives, finally destroying the last Indians a decade later.
Currently still in French hands, the island has been invaded numerous times by the English, who have never managed to secure a strong foothold before being expelled.
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