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2 unusual facts about New Kingdom of Granada


La Mesa, Colombia

This town is famed for the Botanical Expedition on the New Kingdom of Granada which commenced from there in 1783 led by the biologist José Celestino Mutis.

The Last Lord of Eldorado

From a sunken ship named Dukatenesel, Donald obtains a golden plaque commemorating the founding of an Augsburgian Welser consortium in New Granada on 21 February 1539.


Immigration to Colombia

Out of all Spanish nationalities, the Andalusians were the most represented, and one particular ethnic group, the Basques were present in main cities like Bogota, though Castilians are influential in the administration of the then Spanish colony of New Granada.


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