Article: SUGAR CANE CAME TO NEW WORLD WITH COLUMBUS IN 1494.(Local)

Byline: The Hispanic-American Almanac, Hispanic American Chronology and Chronology of Hispanic American History.

On Jan. 1, 1494, Columbus and his fleet left La Navidad and arrived at a promising site on the northern coast of Hispaniola. There, he decided to build La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World.

The colonists built a town overlooking the ocean that included a house for Columbus, a church, a hospital, ...

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