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2 unusual facts about Martín García Óñez de Loyola


Martín García Óñez de Loyola

He founded a fort at Santa Cruz de Oñez in May 1594, near the confluence of the Bio-Bio and Laja Rivers in Catiray, where gold mines were located on the Rele River.

On the second day of the march they arrived at a place called Curallaba or Curalava (the broken rock), on the banks of the Lumaco River, where they rested without taking any precautions against attack.



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