founded during the Spanish colonial period and it is not
founded on the site of a pre-Columbian site. The first mention of the current
territory of Barranquilla dates back to 1533 and was written by Gonzalo
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés.
He
describes the route of Pedro de Heredia, founder of Cartagena, just weeks
before he founded that city, and says that this was a point of landing of
canoes for the Indians of Santa Marta within the interior. They had two canoes
full of dried shrimp as merchandise and went to the
Magdalena River
to trade with this commodity, salt and
other things.
However, the Kamash
Indians were known to occupy the area and the settlement itself was established
in about 1629.
For this reason
the city does not celebrate its foundation, but rather the date in which it was
declared a town on April 7, 1813.
The first mention of the territory now
occupied by Barranquilla dates back to 1533 and was written by Gonzalo
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés. It describes the travel of Pedro de Heredia, founder of
Cartagena, only weeks before founding the city, who affirms that this point was
a berth for the canoes of indios of the Government
of Santa Marta. He mentions two canoes full of dried shrimps which they carried
as merchandise to sell along the Magdalena River, together with salt and other
things. Barranquilla however is
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