The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... La Isabela . The town had been founded in the wake of calamity : On his first voyage , Columbus had left 39 men on Española at La Navi- dad , a fort hastily erected near the wreck of his flagship , the Santa María . Returning from Spain ...
... La Isabela . The town had been founded in the wake of calamity : On his first voyage , Columbus had left 39 men on Española at La Navi- dad , a fort hastily erected near the wreck of his flagship , the Santa María . Returning from Spain ...
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... La Isabela site . Brilliant rilliant splash of silvery beads ( opposite ) greeted 20th- century archaeologists excavat- ing La Isabela's storehouse . These tiny globules of mercury were brought to the settlement by Columbus . Mercury ...
... La Isabela site . Brilliant rilliant splash of silvery beads ( opposite ) greeted 20th- century archaeologists excavat- ing La Isabela's storehouse . These tiny globules of mercury were brought to the settlement by Columbus . Mercury ...
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... La Isabela , December 6 , 1493- January 1 , 1494 La Navidad ( 1492-93 ) As Yaque del Norte M A E N E XARAGUA 146 Artibonito S MAR DEL NORTE ( ATLANTIC OCEAN ) From Spain to La Navidad , September 25- November 28 , 1493 La Isabela ...
... La Isabela , December 6 , 1493- January 1 , 1494 La Navidad ( 1492-93 ) As Yaque del Norte M A E N E XARAGUA 146 Artibonito S MAR DEL NORTE ( ATLANTIC OCEAN ) From Spain to La Navidad , September 25- November 28 , 1493 La Isabela ...
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