Nombre de Jesús (Patagonia)

Nombre de Jesús also refers to the archaeological site located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, where the remains of this settlement were found.

In 1581 King Philip II of Spain sent an expedition to fortify the Magellan Strait against Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish colonies.

Another ship was lost near the port of Don Rodrigo, and another was damaged by Edward Fenton's fleet and sank upon arriving at Rio.

Unfavorable conditions of the season prevented the expedition from landing, and Flores de Valdes decided to return to Spain.

116 soldiers, 48 sailors, 58 settlers, 13 women and 10 children disembarked before a storm broke the moorings, driving 4 ships back to sea.

Some of the settlers moved on foot to a place near modern Punta Arenas and founded Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe.

[2] Despite numerous attempts to locate the remains of the settlement, the site was discovered only in 2003 by a research team funded by CONICET and headed by Dr. María Ximena Senatore and Mariana De Nigris of the University of Buenos Aires.