2007-04-09 19:33:49 · 8 answers · asked by Alisa 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Cuba was discovered by Columbus in October 27, 1492. He laid anchors around Camaguey for a night and later docked upstream in Baracoa, Guantanamo (some argue it was in Nuevitas or in Bahia de Humboldt) and claimed cuba by carving a cross out of part of his ship and placing it in a clearing right next to where a river meets the Caribbean sea. The log is said to say that Columbus baptized Cuba with the name of Juana and wrote "This is most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen" He then sailed to La Hispaniola (Now Haiti and DR). Columbus returned to Cuba and confirmed it was an island, he returned 1 more time before dying in 1506 and rumor has it his remains are under the Catedral of Hvana, but that's another story....
2007-04-10 13:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by havana_countess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he didn't discover Cuba but he did bring it to the attention of the rest of the world as the people already there couldn't do the long distances he could
2007-04-13 04:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by JANE W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuba Gooding Jr was in Jerry McGuire. and Tom Cruise was in it too. Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon. damn im good.
2007-04-09 19:37:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mean, that's one way to put it, but I think the people that were already there discovered it first.
2007-04-09 19:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope Cuba like the rest of the Americas was inhabited long before that dumb sum b*tch ever came along.
2007-04-09 19:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If he "discovered" it, he'd have changed the name. He'd find it to ethnic.
That racist.
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2007-04-09 19:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Debi in LA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
2007-04-10 06:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by mylittlebubs1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
N O !
2007-04-13 09:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋