23.01.2018 Port Famine, A Tragedy Without Pictures
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| Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa became the commander of the naval station in the Pacific in 1578, when Sir Francis Drake attacked the coasts of Peru and Mexico… On his reporting the results of his expedition to King Philip II of Spain, the latter resolved to fortify the Strait of Magellan. |
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| … and in 1581 sent an expedition of twenty-four vessels with 2,500 men from Cadiz, under the command of Sarmiento de Gamboa and Diego Flores Valdez. The expedition lost eight vessels in a storm, and Flores, on account of rivalry with Sarmiento de Gamboa, abandoned him with twelve vessels in the entry of the Strait and returned to Spain. With only four vessels, Sarmiento de Gamboa continued the voyage, arriving in January 1583 at a favorable point, where he established a fort and colony garrisoned by 300 men which he called Rey Don Felipe. |
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PWT 18-2018 Port-Famine
