2006-07-31 16:03:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Christopher Columbus, though not on his first voyage. He sighted Cuba on October 27, 1492, and went ashore the next day.
2006-07-31 16:08:53 · answer #1 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The recorded history of Cuba began on 24 October 1492, when Christopher Columbus sighted the island during his first voyage of discovery and claimed it for Spain. The island had been inhabited for at least several thousand years by Amerindian peoples known as the TaÃno and Ciboney. The TaÃno were farmers and the Ciboney were hunter-gatherers. The name Cuba is derived from the TaÃno word cubanacán, meaning "a central place".
The coast of Cuba was fully mapped by Sebastián de Ocampo in 1511, and in that year Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded the first Spanish settlement at Baracoa. Other towns, including Havana (founded in 1515), soon followed. The Spanish, as they did throughout the Americas, oppressed and enslaved the indigenous population which, within a century, died out as a result of the combined effects of disease and mistreatment. The settlers then introduced African slaves, who soon made up a significant proportion of the inhabitants.
2006-07-31 17:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by fzaa3's lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-31 16:07:36 · answer #3 · answered by Infierno! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-31 16:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuba Gooding Jr's father..... duh..... no, Columbus did
2006-07-31 16:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by hey you 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋