Port of Guaymas
About the port
In the Indigenous language Cahitia, Guaymas meant “To throw arrows to the head ".
The first one to discover the Bay of Guaymas seems to have been Francisco de Ulloa, companion of Hernando Cortes. He first explored the area in September, 1539.
At the beginning of 1701 P. JUAN MARIA SALVATIERRA S.J. came to Guaymas and founded the mission of San Jose. Don Juan de Gálvez General del Virreinato of New Spain expressed the following decree on August 31, 1769: " In order that the port of Guaymas could prosper, they will construct houses and stores, with land being distributed at the same time to individuals. ".
In 1813 the "King Fernando" was anchored in bay of Guaymas for 5 months and did in depth explorations.
On March 26, 1814, the Spanish Parliament approved maritime traffic for Guaymas. On the 9th of November, 1820 open trade was declared with the port of Guaymas and on November 20 of the same year the maritime custom was established.
Sr. John A. Robinson, American citizen and later consular agent in Guaymas, in his memoirs said, “San Fernando of Guaymas has visited in 1821 and at that time there was only a house that was used as customs and a hut at the foot of the hill occupied by a thief since the population was taking root in San Jose of Guaymas.
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