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Title: History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Fernández Guardia, Ricardo, 1867-1950
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Publisher: New York : T.Y. Crowell Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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rs—Edward Mansfield and HenryMorgan—The Talamanca Missions—The Mos-quitos Zambos and the English 1666-1705 ON Rodrigo Arias Maldonados expeditionwas the last attempt made by the Span-iards to estabhsh themselves in Talamancaby force of arms. Thenceforth the conquest of theterritory was entrusted to the missionaries, whohad already become firmly installed in TierraAdentro, at the rebels very gates. As for theTalamanca Indians, who until then had strug-gled alone against the Spaniards, in 1666 theyreceived a proposal of alliance from one capableof proving a powerful supporter—EdwardMansveldt, or Mansfield, the most dreaded ofthe buccaneers that harried the coasts of theCaribbean Sea, and who, having two yearsearlier seized the island of Santa Catalina, whichbelonged to the Kingdom of Guatemala, hadnursed the bold desire to gain control of a pas-sageway between the Atlantic and the Pacificthrough the territory of Panama, Costa Rica orNicaragua. The sacking of the city of Gra- 358
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¿IÍ-C:^2 CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 359 nada, in June, 1665, by John Davis after he hadsailed up the San Juan River, crossed the greatlake with entire impunity and taken the placeby suiprise, seemed to indicate that such an en-terprise would not be difficult. Mansfield and his Vice-Admiral, the famousHenry Morgan, set sail from Jamaica with fif-teen ships and 1000 men, resolved to carry outthe great project which as they hoped wouldopen to them the gateway to the Southern Seaand place within their reach the riches of Peru.They entered the Code River, in the Kingdomof Tierra Firme, purposing to cross the Cor-dillera and take the city of Nata on the Pacificside. Learning, however, that the President ofthe Audiencia of Panama was preparing tooffer them serious resistance, they followed theadvice given them by an old Spaniard whomthey had taken prisoner and changed their plan.This prisoner told them that their scheme couldbe more easily effected by way of the Provinceof Costa Rica; that the

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