Christopher Columbus, the infamous Italian explorer, sailed into the history books as his three-ship fleet dropped anchor in the turquoise waters of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. Having set sail from the port of Sanlúcar, Spain, on September 25, 1492, Columbus's crew had been at sea for over a month, facing mutinous whispers and dwindling supplies. The sighting of these lush, tropical isles must have been a welcome respite, but little did the indigenous Taino people know, their lives were about to take a drastic turn.