Spanish conquest of Jamaica
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The Spanish conquest of Jamaica was the early 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spain that seized control of the island from its Indigenous inhabitants and incorporated it into the Spanish Empire.
All labels observed (1)
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| Spanish conquest of Jamaica canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13924651 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish conquest of Jamaica Context triple: [Spanish colonial period in Jamaica, hasPart, Spanish conquest of Jamaica]
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A.
English conquest of Jamaica
The English conquest of Jamaica was the 1655 military campaign in which England seized the island from Spanish control, initiating centuries of British colonial rule.
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B.
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola
The Spanish conquest of Hispaniola was the late 15th- and early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the indigenous Taíno population on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, establishing one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas.
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Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
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Spanish conquest of Florida
The Spanish conquest of Florida was a series of 16th-century expeditions and military campaigns through which Spain attempted to explore, subdue, and colonize the Florida peninsula and surrounding regions, encountering strong resistance from Indigenous peoples and rival European powers.
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E.
Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish conquest of Jamaica Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of Jamaica was the early 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spain that seized control of the island from its Indigenous inhabitants and incorporated it into the Spanish Empire.
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A.
English conquest of Jamaica
The English conquest of Jamaica was the 1655 military campaign in which England seized the island from Spanish control, initiating centuries of British colonial rule.
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B.
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola
The Spanish conquest of Hispaniola was the late 15th- and early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the indigenous Taíno population on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, establishing one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas.
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C.
Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
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D.
Spanish conquest of Florida
The Spanish conquest of Florida was a series of 16th-century expeditions and military campaigns through which Spain attempted to explore, subdue, and colonize the Florida peninsula and surrounding regions, encountering strong resistance from Indigenous peoples and rival European powers.
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E.
Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.