Crossword-Solution: ULUA 4 letters, 7 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 4

Built in front of the island of San Juan de Ulua, it has one interesting recollection attached to it, since on the same arid shores, Cortes disembarked more than three centuries ago.

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San Juan de Ulua, in spite of the miserable condition in which it now is, remains a lasting memorial of the great works which, almost immediately after their arrival on these shores, were undertaken by the Spanish conquerors.

Having found the remains of two human victims there, they asked the natives why they sacrificed men to their idols, and receiving for answer that it was by orders of the kings of _Acolhua_, the Spaniards gave the island the name of Ulua, by a natural corruption of that word.

Likewise rigging shall be taken to the port of Acapulco, in consideration of the fact that the city of Manila has it at cheaper rates than the port of Acapulco--whither it is carried from San Juan de Ulua [11] at very great cost and expense.