When Christopher Columbus took possession of the island, he named it La Isla Española, meaning "The Spanish Island".
Bartolomeo De Las Casas, a Dominican priest and the first Bishop of Chiapas of the western world shortened the name to "Española", and when Pietro Martyr d`Anghiera, a historian of all Spanish conquers detailed his account of the island in Latin, he translated the name as Hispaniola, because Anghiera`s literary work was translated into English and French in a short period of time, the name "Hispaniola" it has been the most frequently used term in English-speaking countries.
It is an honor for Hispaniola Cigars to be a part of this great history as over 500 years ago the Spanish “Conquistadores” were the first non-natives to consume our regions tobacco.
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