Yes, Christopher Columbus's first settlement in the New World was Hispaniola. Turns out that he was right and this whole "earth not being flat" thing.
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The first settlement built by the Spanish on Hispaniola was named La Navidad. It was established by Christopher Columbus during his first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
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The first fort built in Hispaniola was named La Navidad and was established by Christopher Columbus and his crew in 1492.
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When Columbus left Hispaniola in 1493, he left about 39 men in a fort settlement named La Navidad, which was in the northern part of present-day Haiti. On his return, Columbus found the fort destroyed and many of his men were dead. The Taino people had killed them.
San Salvador was what Columbus named the first island he visited in the Americas.
Haiti was discovered by Christophor Columbus
Christopher Columbus claimed the island of Hispaniola for Spain during his first voyage to the New World in 1492. Hispaniola is now divided into two countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Columbus named the island "La Española," which translates to "The Spanish Island."
Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, landing on an island he named San Salvador. This marked the first encounter between Europeans and the Americas, although Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies. His voyages eventually led him to other islands in the Caribbean, including Cuba and Hispaniola.
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