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The overseas empire expanded in the East and West Indies, and arts and letters flourished in this age of enlightenment.
Just as the conquest of the Canaries was reaching its climax, Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colón in Spanish) was planning his historic expedition in search of a sea route to the East Indies.
More than half the hospitals' staffs were immigrants, mainly from India, Pakistan, and the West Indies, who were experiencing difficulties in understanding the natives.
Early successes in the Philippines, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies enabled Japan to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
The stage was now set for the French West Indies’ greatest hero, Victor Schoelcher.