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The Spanish established the first permanent European settlement in the Americas in ?

Tenochtitlán, Mexico
St. Augustine, Florida
La Navidad, Hispaniola
Santa Fe, New Mexico

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The first European settlement was established by Christopher Columbus and his men: on Hispaniola (today's Haiti): La Navidad, in 1492.

It was abandoned next year, but other settlements on Hispaniola took over (and they were earlier than the other options).

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