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 akazova gavhuna wekutanga wechitsuwa ichi. Ponce de Leon akabatanidzwa zvakanyanya muHiguey kuurayiwa kwe1503 muHispaniola (nhasi Dominican Republic). Muna 1508, Sir Ponce de Leon akasarudzwa neSpanish Crown kuti akunde varanda veTaíno uye vatungamire maIndia ekuchera zvicherwa. Gore rakatevera, koloni yakatanga muchitsuwa ichi, ichitumidzwa kuti San Juan Bautista mukuremekedza Saint John the Baptist.
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