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The first European to visit what is now San Martin was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Ponce following his voyage, in 1520. The region was then known to its native population as Teychili, a Native American word meaning "Island of the Holy." At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of San Martin south of the Ponce and Altamira was dominated by the Iztecs, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. In 1535, the Spanish under Diego de Almagro led a gold-hunting expedition into the south of San Martin. The expedition spent nearly three fruitless years in the country and then withdrew from San Martin.

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rdfs:label	History of San Martin
rdfs:comment	The first European to visit what is now San Martin was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Ponce following his voyage, in 1520. The region was then known to its native population as Teychili, a Native American word meaning "Island of the Holy." At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of San Martin south of the Ponce and Altamira was dominated by the Iztecs, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. In 1535, the Spanish under Diego de Almagro led a gold-hunting expedition into the south of San Martin. The expedition spent nearly three fruitless years in the country and then withdrew from San Martin.
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abstract	The first European to visit what is now San Martin was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who landed at Ponce following his voyage, in 1520. The region was then known to its native population as Teychili, a Native American word meaning "Island of the Holy." At the same time of Magellan's visit, most of San Martin south of the Ponce and Altamira was dominated by the Iztecs, a Native American tribe remarkable for its fighting ability. In 1535, the Spanish under Diego de Almagro led a gold-hunting expedition into the south of San Martin. The expedition spent nearly three fruitless years in the country and then withdrew from San Martin. Juan de la Cruz, another of Pizarro's officers, led a second expedition into southern San Martin in 1540. Despite fierce resistance from the Iztecs, De La Cruz succeeded in establishing several settlements, including Los Santos in 1541, Las Cruces in 1550, and Ponce in 1552. In 1553, however, the Iztecs organized a successful uprising, killing De La Cruz and many of his followers and devastating all the towns except Las Cruces and Altamira. The rebellion was the initial phase of warfare that lasted nearly 100 years. The Iztecs were the only important Native American people who did not quickly succumb to Spanish attack. Strife continued intermittently during and after the Spanish colonial period and did not end until late in the 19th century. In the Spanish colonial organization, San Martin originally was a dependency of the viceroyalty of Cibola and later had its own government. The Viceroyalty of San Martin was founded in 1654 and the Viceroy chose Los Santos as the capital. The country developed rapidly, because it had important silver or gold deposits to attract the Spanish, great farming land in Altamira and Ponce to attract poor Europeans. Los Santos became a cosmopolitan city and a major port for trade. By 1801, Los Santos had a population of 70,000. In 1804, the Spanish Crown allowed for San Martin to have self-rule through the Charter of Los Santos. This established an early tradition of democracy that escaped so many other Spanish colonies.

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