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La Navidad

Thirty-nine men and the timbers of the wrecked Santa María — Europe's first toehold of the era.

All dead and the fort burned before Columbus returned in November 1493.

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Moments from the Chronicle

• 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas Landfall at Lucayan Guanahani (12 October); the wrecked Santa María becomes the fort of La Navidad.
• 1493 La Isabela founded Columbus returns to find La Navidad destroyed and plants La Isabela on Hispaniola.

Further reading

• Empire's Crossroads Carrie Gibson · 2014

  Narrates Columbus's first voyage and the doomed Hispaniola fort of La Navidad (broad Caribbean context).

• Columbus Laurence Bergreen · 1930

  A vivid narrative of Columbus's voyages including the wreck of the Santa Maria and the doomed garrison left at La Navidad.

Sources

• La Navidad — Wikipedia