Columbus's outpost among the Taínos
Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498
First contact with other peoples
Caribbean area, history
Columbus, christopher, 1451-1506
First contact with Europeans
History: American
Colonization
Indians
History - General History
Archaeology
Colonies
Homes and haunts
General
History
"In 1493 Christopher Columbus led a fleet of seventeen ships and more than twelve hundred men to found a royal trading colony in America. Columbus had high hopes for his settlement, which he named La Isabela after the queen of Spain, but just five years later it was in ruins. It remains important, h…
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