the spanish first found a permanent settlement at tlacopan.
the spanish first found a permanent settlement at tlacopan.
where did the spanish first find a permanent settlement?
tlacopan
columbus made four voyages to the west indies as the monarchs granted columbus the governorship of the new territories, and financed more of his trans-atlantic journeys. he founded la navidad on the island later named hispaniola (now divided into haiti and the dominican republic), in what is the present-day haiti on his first voyage. after its destruction by the indigenous taino people, the town of isabella was begun in 1493, on his second voyage. in 1496 his brother, bartholomew, founded santo domingo. by 1500, despite a high death rate, there were between 300 and 1000 spanish settled in the area. the local taíno people continued to resist, refusing to plant crops and abandoning their spanish-occupied villages. the first mainland explorations were followed by a phase of inland expeditions and conquest. in 1500 the city of nueva cádiz was founded on the island of cubagua, venezuela, followed by the founding of santa cruz by alonso de ojeda in present-day guajira peninsula. cumaná in venezuela was the first permanent settlement founded by europeans in the mainland americas, in 1501 by franciscan friars, but due to successful attacks by the indigenous people, it had to be refounded several times, until diego hernández de serpa's foundation in 1569. the spanish founded san sebastian de uraba in 1509 but abandoned it within the year. there is indirect evidence that the first permanent spanish mainland settlement established in the americas was santa maría la antigua del darién.
spanish colonization of the americas
in 1786, the east india company court of directors first proposed a permanent settlement for bengal, changing the policy then being followed by calcutta, which was attempting to increase taxation of "zamindars". between 1786 and 1790, the new governor-general lord cornwallis and sir john shore (later governor-general) entered a heated debate over whether or not to introduce a permanent settlement with the "zamindars". shore argued that the native "zamindars" would not trust the permanent settlement to be permanent and that it would take time before they realised it was genuine.
permanent settlement