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A sketch of San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico drawn by Rodrigo de Figueroa in 1519.Image: Rodrigo de Figueroa · Public domainworld · Americas
Columbus reaches Puerto Rico
On his second voyage across the Atlantic, with a fleet of at least 17 ships, Christopher Columbus arrived at an island on 19 November 1493 which he named San Juan Bautista. Its Taíno inhabitants, perhaps 20,000 to 50,000 people, called it Borikén. Spanish settlement began in 1508, and the island later took the name of its main harbour, Puerto Rico.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Christopher Columbus, the second and third voyages ↗
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