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1492-Dec.-25

1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground on a reef near what is now Cap-Haïtien, providing materials for the first settlement.

1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground on a reef near what is now Cap-Haïtien, providing materials for the first settlement. Columbus left behind a small contingent of men to maintain a Spanish presence while he returned to Europe.

Source  ·  p. 14 Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 14