who they were if they discoved any other place and any other info
2007-01-15 09:47:48 · 5 answers · asked by Rachel H 1 in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Puerto Rico
Christopher Columbus on November 19th, 1493 during his 2nd exploratory trip.
On November 3, 1493, Columbus sighted a rugged island that he named Dominica; later that day, he landed at Marie-Galante, which he named Santa Maria la Galante. After sailing past Les Saintes (Todos los Santos), he arrived at Guadaloupe (Santa Maria de Guadalupe), which he explored between November 4 and November 10, 1493. The exact course of his voyage through the Lesser Antilles is debated, but it seems likely that he turned north, sighting and naming several islands including Montserrat (Santa Maria de Monstserrate), Antigua (Santa Maria la Antigua), Redondo (Santa Maria la Redonda), Nevis (Santa María de las Nieves), Saint Kitts (San Jorge), Sint Eustatius (Santa Anastasia), Saba (San Cristobal), Saint Martin (San Martin), and Saint Croix (Santa Cruz). He also sighted the island chain of the Virgin Islands, which he named Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Virgines, and named the islands of Virgin Gorda, Tortola, and Peter Island (San Pedro).
He continued to the Greater Antilles, and landed at Puerto Rico (San Juan Bautista) on November 19, 1493.
On November 22, Columbus returned to Hispaniola, establishing a new settlement at Isabella – on the north coast – where gold had first been found. However, it proved a poor location and the settlement was short-lived. He left Hispaniola on April 24, 1494, arrived at Cuba (naming it Juana) on April 30, and reached Jamaica on May 5. He explored the south coast of Cuba, which he believed to be a peninsula rather than an island, and several nearby islands including the Isle of Youth (La Evangelista), before returning to Hispaniola on August 20 and then finally returning to Spain.
All of this during his second voyage.
2007-01-15 13:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by scorpionitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico was discover by the Igneries and eventually by the Tainos Indians that came from Central America by the western Antilles. The Island was rediscovered by the European World by Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) in the second voyage in 1493. Some scholars believe that the island was discover in the first voyage because Columbus establish a village in the north of the Hispaniola (Dominican Republic). When he sail back to Spain is highly probable that he see the west and north coast of P. R.
2007-01-15 21:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody discovered Puerto Rico..The Tainos Indians lived there when Christopher Columbus Found Boriken by Mistake...
Boriken was the Taino name for the Island.
2007-01-16 12:58:53 · answer #3 · answered by shinningstarofthecarribean 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cristobal Colón. Also known as Christopher Columbus.
2007-01-15 18:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by nenadcal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Columbus discovered it. that was where his first ship set sail to.
2007-01-15 18:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by hbzliln1ck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋