Christopher Columbus sailed to Puerto Rico en 1493 on his seguendo periplo to el Western Hemisphere. Juan Ponce de Leon led Spaniards to Puerto Rico en 1508, y ellos establecido allí. Puerto Rico was attacked muchos tiempos. Ellos survived muchos attacks by comercios en cattle, hides, sugar, tobacco, y food. Columbus claimed Puerto Rico for Spain, and it was in Spanish possession until 1898 when Spain gave Puerto Rico to the U.S. at the end of the Spanish- American War.
SANTIAGO-IRIZARRY, VILMA. "Puerto Rico." Countries and Their Cultures. Ed. Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 1814-1824. General OneFile. Web. 5 June 2015.
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