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MANZANILLO History
Manzanillo. Most people can't pronounce it, have no idea where it is, don't know
what the city has to offer, and can't figure out how to get there.
Manzanillo (pronounced mahn-san-nee-yoh), is the largest shipping port on the
western coast of Mexico, located 165 miles south of Puerto Vallarta, or roughly
midway between Mazatlan and Ixtapa.
Originally discovered in the early 1500s by Hernan
Cortes' minions, it was designated a shipbuilding site (the wood from the
manzanillo tree was used to build ships), and an official departure point for
important expeditions. Over the next 300 years, Manzanillo's history was
filled with accounts of pirates from Portugal, France, Spain, and England
assaulting, looting and burning ships for their precious cargoes.
By Susan Dearing
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-> Manzanillo sea port
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With its fine natural harbors, Manzanillo was an important seaport even
before the Spanish Conquest. “Tlacotla” (which means “the place of the conch
shells”) was first ruled by the Tarascans. Hernan Cortés and his followers,
searching for Chinese treasure in the Pacific, were among the first visitors
the area now known as Manzanillo.
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-> Sailfish World Capital
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Manzanillo was the third port created by the Spaniards in the Pacific. It is
called the "Sailfish World Capital" since 1957. The reason for the naming of
the city in that specific year is that 336 of them were caught in its waters.
Since then and due to the vast amount of capture in the port it is seat for
the Dorsey International Tournament since 1954.
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-> Legend of Playa De Oro
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146 years ago on the Sunday evening of July 27, 1862 this beautiful beach provided a chaotic scene. It
was the middle of the American Civil War. The boat was the S.S. Golden Gate,
one of the fastest paddle steam ships on the West Coast. 338 passengers and
crew, along with a reported $1.4 million in gold were sailing on a voyage
from San Francisco to Panama. They never made it.
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-> Manzanillo Mascot: The Blue Sailfish
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Dominating the downtown Manzanillo waterfront stands a 30 meter tall 25
meter wide monument called the Monumento al Pez Vela. It is a giant blue
sailfish statue that refers to the most important sport in Manzanillo,
that of fishing.
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