Who discovered the island of Jamaica, west Indies?

Question

Who discovered the island of Jamaica, west Indies?

Answer 1

The Spanish came and found the indigenous people there.... Prior to the Spanish, the island was called "Xaymaca" later on becoming Jamaica.

Answer 2

the tainos first discovered jamaica not comlumbus contrary to everyone's belief. If you read Caribbean history books you'll find the information

Answer 3

christopher columbus

Answer 4

The Tainos or Arawaks but Christopher Columbus found it. History says Tainos were here when Christopher Columbus came.

Answer 5

Okay first off, if someone discover something this means that no one ever knew about it or inhabited it before. This is not the case with Jamaica. When Christopher Columbus came to jamaica our people were already there, how the heck can you guys say that he discovered it when there were people there already when he arrived. the Tainos were already living there so those are the people who discovered it if anyone should get credit it is them.

Answer 6

Anybody who seh Columbus want a fat shot. Mi tyyad a people a give dat battyman credit for discovering our beautiful island. All him do a come Jamaica and enslave the poor indigenous pple , rape and kill them off  den get honoured. NO unuh fi stop it. All africans did deh yah before them white people deh I bet unuh neva know that. Yes the Tainos and the African lived together in unison in the carribean long before the arrival of columbus. Even columbus himself reported that he had seen these black men..

People open your minds and educate yourself about your history.Research it for yourself and u will see that i am right.

Answer 7

Tainos &/or Arawaks

Answer 8

am Jamaican the first people who came to jamaica was the indias Tiano they lived very long here and they name the island xyamaca that mean land and woods and water and Christopher Columbus discover the island and our indians after some years he brought some back by time the brittish discover Jamaica the indain race died out so they brought africans to plantation then after indians and chinese these days it have diffrent Jamaicans black white brown indian chinese jamaicans like our motto say out of many one people!

Answer 9

Christopher Columbus.

Answer 10

The Arawaks but of course they'll say it was Columbus!