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