San Juan de Ulua

San Juan de Ulua, otherwise called Castle of San Juan de Ulua, is a huge complex of fortifications, detainment facilities and one previous royal residence on an island of a similar name in the Gulf of Mexico disregarding the seaport of Veracruz, Mexico. Juan de Grijalva's 1518 campaign named the island. On Easter Sunday 1519, Hernan Cortes met with Tendile and Pitalpitoque, emissaries from Moctezuma II's Aztec Empire.

The fortification was worked in the Spanish provincial New Spain time, with development beginning in 1565. It was extended a few times later. In 1568, the Spanish Navy prevailing with regards to catching the English armada of Sir John Hawkins, including his cousin, the youthful Francis Drake, at San Juan de Ulua. In 1568, the Spanish Navy prevailing with regards to catching the English armada of Sir John Hawkins, including his cousin, the youthful Francis Drake, at San Juan de Ulua.

Historians know that Drake and Hawkins likely had struck Spanish settlements somewhere else on that voyage. The exchange was in African slaves, who had been caught and taken before from West Africa. On that event, it shows up the English were in certainty exchanging at Vera Cruz. Students of history have conjectured that the Spanish homesteaders exchanged with them illicitly under their risk of strikes and assaults.