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Sancti Spiritu (Argentina)
Sancti Spiritu was a fortification established in 1527 near the Paraná River by the explorer Sebastian Cabot. It was the first European settlement in the territory of modern Argentina and was destroyed by natives two years later.〔Abad de Santillán, p. 104-108〕
==Antecedents==
The voyage of Juan Díaz de Solís explored the Río de la Plata, along the coast of Uruguay. Solís disembarked on the Uruguay coast shortly after entering the Uruguay River, along with six other men. The local Charrúas saw them and killed them in a swift surprise attack. The boy Francisco del Puerto was spared because of his young age. The remaining sailors left and returned to Europe.〔Abad de Santillán, p. 97〕
Francisco del Puerto, who was left behind, survived in the wilds for ten years. He was rescued by a subsequent European voyage led by Sebastian Cabot. Del Puerto told Cabot rumors of a "White King" and a mountain of silver that would be located north of the Paraná River. Cabot considered the tale to be true, and dropped his initial orders (to seek a path to the Indies shorter than the one found by Magellan-Elcano) to look for the mountain.〔Abad de Santillán, p. 104-105〕 The rumor was ultimately proved to be false: there are no precious metals in the La Plata basin. But the European belief in the rumor was one of the reasons for the name of Argentina.〔("Rio de la Plata" ) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia〕
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