na-aga n'okpuru ebe na mgbe ahụ zaa ajụjụ mgbe e mesịrị na otu asụsụ dị ka ebe: Njem: Na September 24, 1493, Christopher Columbus setịpụrụ ụgbọ mmiri na njem nke abụọ ya na ụgbọ mmiri 17 na ndị agha 1,200 ruo 1,500 si Cádiz. Na November 19, 1493, ọ kwụsịrị n'àgwàetiti ahụ, na-akpọ ya San Juan Bautista na nsọpụrụ nke Saint John Baptist. The mbụ European ógbè, Caparra, e tọrọ ntọala na August 8, 1508 site Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant n'okpuru Columbus, bụ onye a nabatara site na Taíno Cacique Agüeybaná na onye mesịrị ghọrọ onye mbụ gọvanọ nke agwaetiti ahụ. Ponce de Leon bụ onye na-arụsi ọrụ ike na Higuey mgbuchapụ nke 1503 na Hispaniola (nke dị ugbu a Dominican Republic). Na 1508, Sir Ponce de Leon họọrọ site na Spanish okpueze na-emeri na-edu ndị ohu nke Taíno Indians maka metụtara Ngwuputa arụmọrụ. N'afọ na-esonụ, ógbè ahụ malitere na agwaetiti, na-akpọ ya San Juan Bautista na
Ụgbọ mmiri 17