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1502

1502: Governor Nicolás de Ovando arrives with 2,500 settlers to formalize Spanish control.

1502: Governor Nicolás de Ovando arrives with 2,500 settlers to formalize Spanish control. His administration established the bureaucratic foundation for the colonial exploitation of the island’s resources.

Source  ·  p. 20 Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 20