During this voyage columbus also explored the northeast coast of cuba and the northern coast of hispaniola .

在这段航程中，哥伦布还到过古巴东北海岸和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛北部海岸。

Relations between the two countries that share the island of hispaniola have often been tense .

这两个分享伊斯帕尼奥岛的国家之间，关系经常很紧张。

But there are two reasons for outsiders-and especially the united states and haiti 's neighbour in hispaniola , the dominican republic-to do as much as possible to help the stricken country start afresh .

然而，外界，尤其是美国和同处伊斯帕尼奥拉岛上的邻国多米尼加，必须尽可能的帮助这个满目疮痍的国家重启生机。

When spanish colonists in hispaniola imported african plantains in 1516 the harvard entomologist edward o. wilson has proposed they also brought over some of the plant 's parasites : scale insects which suck the juices from banana roots .

哈佛大学昆虫学家爱德华o威尔逊指出：1516年，西班牙殖民者在海地引种大蕉时，也带过来一些植物的寄生虫，就是介壳虫，它吸食香蕉根的汁液。

Seismologists have long worried about the island of hispaniola ( shared by haiti and the dominican republic ) . It sits on the gonave microplate , a small strip of the earth 's crust squeezed between the north american and caribbean tectonic plates .

一直以来，地震学家都非常担心位于戈纳夫微板块之上的伊斯帕尼奥拉群岛（分属海地和多米尼加共和国），戈纳夫微板块是受北美板块和加勒比海板块挤压而形成的狭长形地壳。