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Historical Events in November 1493

Columbus Discovers Dominica

Nov 3 Christopher Columbus first sights land on his second voyage - the island of Dominica in the Windward Islands

  • Nov 11 Explorer Christopher Columbus sights the island of Saba in the Leeward islands, but does not land
  • Nov 19 Christopher Columbus first reaches Puerto Rico, inhabited by the Taíno on his 2nd voyage to the Caribbean
  • Nov 27 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus's orders.