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Puerto Galera 

History Of Puerto Galera

The name Puerto Galera comes from the Spanish. As a sheltered bay they used the place to hide their war and commercial ships during the yearly recurrent typhoon season.

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It is a popular believe that in English the name is translated to Port of Galleons. Some historians figured out that the name derives from the Port of Galley or Puerto de Galera. A galley is a smaller ship for local trade and military exploration while galleons were big intercontinental ships.

It was on May 12 in the year 1570 that Martin de Goite and Juan de Salcedo created a settlement on what is now Puerto Galera.

It was first believed by the Spanish conquistadors that there was a lot of gold on Mindoro.

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Was it a lucky find near today's Calapan? Nobody knows for sure. In their enthusiasms they named the island Mino de Oro (goldmine) what was later changed to Mindoro.

As the city grew it became the capital of Mindoro in the 17th century.

This stayed so until 1903 w