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Guacanagarí

Taíno chief (cacique) of Marién in northwest Hispaniola who helped Columbus when the Santa María was wrecked in 1492

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    1492 – 1493Wreck of the Santa María and La Navidadrelated figure

    Early on Christmas Day 1492 the Santa María ran aground off Hispaniola. Columbus built the fort of La Navidad from her timbers and left 39 men; when he returned the next year all were dead.

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  • Christopher Columbus1451 – 1506

    Genoese navigator who, sponsored by Spain, crossed the Atlantic and reached the Americas in 1492