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1492-Dec.-24

1492-Dec.-24: The flagship Santa María foundered on a reef near Cap-Haïtien on the northern coast of the island.

1492-Dec.-24: The flagship Santa María foundered on a reef near Cap-Haïtien on the northern coast of the island. This disaster forced Columbus to prepare for a return to Spain in the Niña and to leave several men behind in a newly constructed fort.

Source  ·  p. 143 Rouse, The Tainos, 143