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History Of Mar Del Plata
The first European navigator to visit the beaches and cliffs of what one day would become Mar del Plata was Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake in his 1577 circumnavigation voyage. He introduced the name ''Cape Lobos'' in the cartography of his time, due to the large colony of sea lions (''lobos de mar'' in Spanish) around the cape today known as Cabo Corrientes, Mar del Plata, Cabo Corrientes. Just four years later, the Spanish Governor of the Rio de la Plata, River Plate, Don Juan de Garay (second founder of Buenos Aires) explored the area by land, and paid tribute to the beautiful landscape by describing it as a ''muy galana costa'' (a very elegant shore). This is today one of the city's favourite mottos.''Historia de Mar del Plata: Descubrimiento'' In 1742, during the War of Jenkins' Ear, eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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