🏰 La Navidad

Haiti · Americas · 19.69°N, 72.02°W

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La Navidad was a Spanish fort that Christopher Columbus and his crew built on the northwest coast of Hispaniola in 1492 from the remains of the Spanish ship the Santa María during his first voyage. La Navidad was the first European settlement established in the New World during the Age of Discovery, although it was destroyed by Indigenous people by the following year.

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Quick facts

CountryHaiti
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)19.69°N, 72.02°W · view on map

La Navidad is located in Haiti, in Americas.

More forts in Haiti

Citadelle Laferrière · Fort de Rocher · Fort Dimanche · Fort Rivière.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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