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Christopher Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico during his second voyage on November 19, 1493. Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist.
Later the island took the name of Puerto Rico while the capital was named San Juan.
In 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León became the island's first governor to take office
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∙ 13y agoDuring his second voyage to the New World in 1493.
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∙ 11y agoit was founded by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492. He named it La Espanola, and his son, Diego, was its first ruler/ governor
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∙ 13y agoColumbus discovered Puerto Rico in 1493.
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∙ 13y agoIn 1493 by Christopher Columbus.
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∙ 13y agoOn his second voyage in 1493.
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