Macuro

Macuro, a town in Venezuela, located a few miles from Bocas del Dragón, is a small fishing town overlooking a peaceful bay on the south-west side of the Paria peninsula, in Sucre state, Venezuela.

Macuro has the historical distinction of being the only part of the American continent visited by Christopher Columbus. During Columbus's third expedition, on August 1498, Columbus arrived to the Eastern Region, Venezuela and spent days interacting with the natives. He believed the area to be a large island at first, christening the region "Tierra de Gracia" or Land of Grace.