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Ciudad de La Paz Ciudad de La Paz

    La Paz is located at the southern part of the peninsula which, due to its geography, would seem to be situated at the border of the world. The city, traced from east to west along the bay which carries its name, is bathed by the warm waters of the Golf of California, or Mar de Cortés (Sea of Cortes). Formerly it represented a coveted place for bandits and legendary pirates of the XVI Century, such as Thomas Cromwell or Francis Drake, due to the abundance of pearls found in its surroundings.

    The birth of La Paz was not distant from misfortune, since according to some historians it was founded at least 5 times: the distance from that point with the rest of New Spain complicated the supplying of provisions, impeding a sustained colonial development, as opposed to the rest of the viceroyalties founded along Mexico by the Spanish. Hernan Cortes would found here a colony which received the name of Bahía de Santa Cruz (Bay of the Saint Cross) in 1535, but which soon succumbed. The navigator Sebastián Vizcaíno would disembark in 1596 and would name it as we know it today, La Paz, due to the pacific manifes . . .

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