Floridablanca (Patagonia)

The Spanish settlement Nueva Colonia y Fuerte de Floridablanca was established in San Julian Bay in 1780[1] and abandoned four years later due to scurvy.

[3] At present, this settlement is an archaeological site near Port San Julian, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

A little village called Nueva Colonia y Fuerte de Floridablanca was founded in the frame of the colonisation of the Patagonian Atlantic coast developed by Charles III King of Spain in the late 18th century.

Households were seen as the essential unit of society and the basic elements needed for their maintenance was determined by the Spanish Crown (i.e., lodging, food, health, land, seeds and production means).

[9] Floridablanca has become the object of the research project "Archaeology and History at the Spanish colony of Floridablanca (Patagonia, 18th century)" headed by Dr. María Ximena Senatore from the Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas, CONICET and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sketch of Floridablanca
A plow and other tools depicted for their use in Spanish colonies in Patagonia