Diario las Américas

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By ANTONIO RUIZ

HAITI In December, 1492,

Christopher Columbus, on his first

voyage, discovered the island which

he named “La lsla Espanola”, and

where he established the first

European settlement in the New

World. Sailing from Cuba, the

Great Admiral sighted the island

on December 5. and the next day,

Day of St. Nicholas, brought his

caravels to anchor in a superb har

bor on the western tip, which he

named Port St. Nicholas (Now

Mole St. Nicolas). Skirting the

northern coast, he landed a few

days later on the shore of what is

now called Moustique Bay. Here he

raised a large cross, planted the

standard of Castile and Leon, and

took possession of the island in the

name of the Spanish sovereigns.

Christmas Day dawned disastrous

ly for the intrepid Admiral of the

Ocean. While he slept aboard his

flagship “Santa Maria,’’ the helms

man entrusted the tiller to a young

ship’s boy, who left the little cara

vel drift onto one of the treacher

ous coral reefs at the entrance of

Acul Bay, where its glorous voy

age came to and end forever. But

the loss of the “Santa Maria” pav

ed the way for the founding of

America’s first colony. "Because it

is certain,” wrote Columbus in his

Journal, “that if I had not run

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1956). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1956-08-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1956-08-08/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1956-08-08.