Spanish Discovery and Initial Occupation of Cuba

Name: Spanish Discovery and Initial Occupation of Cuba
Start: 1492
End: 1494

Type Event Region Caribbean Time 1492–1494

On 28 October 1492 Columbus first reached Cuba's northeast coast on his maiden voyage, naming it Juana and claiming it for Spain;…

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1492Northeast coast of Cuba · CubaColumbus brought three ships to Cuba's northeast coast, landed and made contact with the indigenous people, mistakenly taking the island for an extension of the Asian mainland, and claimed Castilian sovereignty in the name of Juana.
1494South coast of Cuba · CubaColumbus sailed and charted Cuba's south coast with four ships, penetrating inland rivers and establishing trade and contact with the indigenous people, consolidating Spain's sovereignty claim over the island.
1494Cuba · CubaAround 1494 Spain brought Cuba into its colonial map and left personnel stationed there, laying the legal and geographical groundwork for Diego Columbus's 1511 conquest of the whole island.

Columbus and Cuba https://www.loc.gov/collections/columbus-maps/articles-and-essays/columbus-and-cuba/
History of Cuba https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/History