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La Désirade, island, dependency of Guadeloupe, West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea. La Désirade was the first place Christopher Columbus landed on his second voyage, in 1493. Columbus named the island Deseada, meaning “desired.” Area, 28 sq km (11 sq mi); population (1990) 1,610.



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