Martín Fernández de Enciso

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Martín Fernández de Enciso was a navigator and geographer who was instrumental in colonising the Isthmus of Darien.[1] Fernandez de Enciso founded a village near the Cabo de la Vela with the name Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela, the first settlement in the Guajira Peninsula. Due to constant attacks from the indigenous and pirates the village was moved to present-day Riohacha in 1544.[2]

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  1. ^ Martín Fernández de Enciso - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  2. ^ Luis Angel Arango Library: History of La Guajira
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