amongst the surviving Taíno. However, many of the rebels were captured, and the admiral had them hanged.

Death and legacy

After his death, a compromise was reached in 1536 in which his son, Luis Colón de Toledo, was named Admiral of the Indies and renounced all other rights for a perpetual annuity of 10,000 ducats, the island of Jamaica as a fief,

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