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Maracaibo (/ ˌ m ær ə ˈ k aɪ b oʊ / ... (1528–1546), when the Welser bankers of Augsburg received a concession over Venezuela Province from Charles I of Spain ...
Mariana, the Queen Regent of Spain, upon hearing of the Spanish defeat at Maracaibo, was outraged. In revenge she ordered that all English shipping in the Caribbean was to be seized or sunk. [ 53 ] In March 1670, Spanish privateers, which included Manuel Ribeiro Pardal under a letter of marque, attacked English merchant shipping. [ 53 ]
Lake Maracaibo is rich in oil and gas resources and is known as the "oil lake". [6] The first Spaniards who arrived used tar seeping from the lake to fill ship cracks. [11] The Maracaibo oil field was discovered in 1914, [15] the first oil well was constructed in 1917, and large-scale exploitation began in 1922. [6]
On the afternoon of 23 July the Royalists moved to the west coast of the lake between Captain Chico and Bella Vista (north of Maracaibo) and anchored in line of battle. Meanwhile, the Republicans remained at sail until the evening, and using Los Puertos de Altagracia as background, placed all their ships in a parallel line to the east coast of ...
The St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de San Pedro y San Pablo de Maracaibo) or just Maracaibo Cathedral is the main church of Maracaibo [2] in the Zulia state of Venezuela. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was built in the seventeenth century.
Maracaibo Province or Maracaybo Province from 1676 to 1824 was a province of the Spanish Empire. It resulted from a merger of the former Province of Mérida (1622 - 1676) with the territory of Maracaibo. In 1777 Captaincy General of Venezuela was created and the province was part of it. In 1786 Barinas Province was created from western parts of ...
In 1835 the territory of the Province of Maracaibo was divided into the five Cantons: Maracaibo, Perijá, Zulia, Gibraltar and Altagracia. By Decree of April 9, 1850 were added. the territory of the Province of Trujillo the parishes of La Ceiba and La Ceibita, belonging to Maracaibo, so that that Andean Province had an exit to the Lake.
The creation of the Capitania General of Venezuela englobes Cumana, Maracaibo, Guayana, Trinidad and Margarita that is an important portion of the Caribbean region of the vice-royalty of New Grenade. [2] In 1812, in the Cortes de Cadiz, the province of Maracaibo is represented by José Domingo de las Nieves Rus y Ortega de Azarraullía.