Complex sentence: First effort to settle Coche was made in early XVIth Century, but earlier lives here for short time refugees from destroyed by the tropical storm city Nueva Cádiz on Cubagua Island.
Split into simpler sentences: First effort to settle Coche was made in early XVIth Century. There was previous population of refugees originating from the city Nueva Cádiz which was destroyed by the tropical storm on Cubagua Island.