CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S EPOCH

Christopher Columbus the explorer credited with the European discovery of Puerto Rico.Juan Ponce de León Santervás de Campos Valladolid Spain was the first governor of Puerto Rico. His grandson Juan Ponce de LeonII was the first indigenous governor of Puerto Rico.On September 24 1493 Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage with 17 ships and 1200 to 1500 soldiers from Cádiz.On November 19 1493 he landed on the island naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the Baptist. The first Europeancolony Caparra was founded on August 8 1508 by Juan Ponce de León a lieutenant under Columbus who was greeted by the TaínoCacique Agüeybaná and who later became the first governor of the island.Ponce de Leon was actively involved in the Higuey massacre of 1503 in Hispaniola present-day Dominican Republic.Norma Iris Pagan Morales was born in Ponce Puerto Rico. She comes from a very lovable family. Her parents Juan Jose Pagan Rodriguez and Digna Morales Figueroa now deceased always helped her with her projects as awriter and teaching career. Norma had three siblings Adelin Milagros Pagan Morales Juan Jose Pagan Morales and Julio Manuel Pagan Morales. Julio Manuel Pagan Morales died on September 19 1998 and Adelin MilagrosPagan Morales died on February 17 2023.Norma did all her academic studies in New York City Puerto Rico and Canada. She worked in the City of New York Police Department. As an Educator she worked in New York City Bd. of Education as an English Teacher in Puerto Rico Bd. of Education as an English teacher and in the Puerto Rico Army National.Norma has published eleven books: Proud of My Puerto Rican Bequest ¿Porque Soy Boricua? Poemas del Alma Art in Written Form A Baffl ing Short Stories Collection On Job in the Big Apple Puerto Rican SoldiersServing with Pride Nature's Rage in the Caribbean Boricua de Pura Cepa You are the One and The Unfaithfuls.