Founding of Santo Domingo
Bartolomeo Columbus oversees the construction of the first European settlement in the New World, Santo Domingo, on the eastern bank of the Ozama River. Spanish sailors are unloading supplies and erecting wooden structures, including a watchtower and huts.
Key Figures
Causal neighbors · 94 linked moments
C
1492
· same figure
F
1492
· same figure
C
1492
· same figure
P
1500
· thematic
L
1958
· thematic
L
1958
· thematic
B
991
· thematic
F
1798
· thematic
D
1100
· thematic
C
1492
· thematic
F
1796
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
1497
· thematic
S
1493
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
G
2004
· thematic
L
1958
· thematic
P
2004
· thematic
L
1958
· thematic
L
1958
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
S
1967
· thematic
A
1971
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
F
1981
· thematic
1493
· thematic
D
1492
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
R
140
· thematic
A
597
· thematic
F
1494
· thematic
E
1958
· thematic
F
1492
· thematic
1492
· thematic
1492
· thematic