Monday, March 4, 2013

First European Contact (1522)

The first known visit by the Spanish to El Salvador was Meanguera Island, located in the Gulf of Fonseca on May 31, 1522 by Spanish Admiral Andres Nino.  By the time Nino arrived, the population of the land had been reduced by nearly 80 percent because of the small pox epidemic.


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