There Columbus established the first European settlement, a hastily built fort, and named it La Navidad. This island became the center of his further explorations.
इस्पानयोला आज हिसपनयोला द्वीप के नाम से जाना जाता है जिस पर हेटी और डॉमिनिकन गणराज्य हैं ।