Musi waSeptember 24, 1493, Christopher Columbus akaenda parwendo rwake rwechipiri nengarava 17 uye varwi 1,200 kusvika ku1,500 kubva kuCádiz. Musi waNovember 19, 1493, akaburuka pachitsuwa ichi, achichipa zita rekuti San Juan Bautista mukuremekedza Saint John the Baptist. Yekutanga European koloni, Caparra, yakavambwa musi waAugust 8, 1508 naJuan Ponce de León, lieutenant pasi paColumbus, uyo akagamuchirwa naTaíno Cacique Agüeybaná uye akazove gavhuna wekutanga wechitsuwa ichi. Ponce de Leon akabatanidzwa zvakanyanya muHiguey kuuraya kwe1503 muHispaniola (nhasi Dominican Republic). Muna 1508, Sir Ponce de Leon akasarudzwa neSpanish Crown kuti akunde varanda veTaíno uye vatungamire mabasa ekuchera zvicherwa. Gore rakatevera, koloni yakafarirwa muchiteshi cheSan Juan Bautista mukuremekedza Saint John the Baptist.
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