Diario las Américas

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fo G6mez Coca, who said he had

arrived in Nicaragua with the in

tention to assassinate him, but

later changed his mind.

Among the alleged plotters he

mentioned several Nicaraguans in

exile, including Pedro Joaquin

Know, thy

Neighbor

•y ANTONIO RUIZ

HAITI In December, 1492,

Christopher Columbus, on his first

voyage, discovered the island which

he named "La Isla Espanola”

(Hispaniola), and where he estab

lished the first European settle

ment in the New World. Sailing

from Cuba, the Great Admiral I

sighted the Island on December j

5, and the next day, Saint Ni

cholas Day, brought his caravels

to anchor in a superb harbor 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 called

now Moustique Bay. Here he rais

ed a large cross, planted the stand

ard of Castille and Leon, and took

possession of the island in the

name of the Spanish sovereigns.

Christmas Day dawned disas

trously for the intrepid Admiral

of the Ocean Sea. While he slept

aboard his flagship, the "Santa Ma

ria,” the helmsman entrusted the

tiller to a young ship’s boy, who

left the little caraven drift into one

of the treacherous coral reefs at

the entrance of Acul Bay, where

its glorious voyage came to an

end forever. But the loss of the

“Santa Maria” paved the way for

the founding of America’s first

colony. "Because it is certain”,

Columbus wrote in his journal,

“that if I had not run aground

here I should have kept out to sea

without anchoring at this place.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1958). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1958-05-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1958-05-21/ed-1/?sp=8

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1958-05-21.