San Juan: city of riches: Puerto Rico's capital offers fine beaches, a tropical climate, and history galore. (PVA's Convention City).

Paraplegia News | July 1, 2002 | Copyright

On September 25, 1493, Christopher Columbus--with 17 ships and almost 1,500 men--set sail from Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the New World. Not quite two months later, he discovered Puerto Rico.

Originally the newcomers called the island "San Juan Bautista," for Saint John the Baptist, and the town "Puerto Rico" because of its excellent potentialities. Later the two names were switched. Thanks in part to the enthusiasm of Juan Ponce de Leon, an ambitious lieutenant to Columbus, the city of Puerto Rico ("rich port") quickly became Spain's most important ...

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