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Tumba del corsario Amaro Pargo en Santo Domingo de Guzmán

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife - Área Metropolitana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Tumba del corsario Amaro Pargo en Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Curiosity · San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife - Área Metropolitana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Image of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, not of the place itself.

Amaro Rodríguez Felipe, "Amaro Pargo", a sailor and merchant from La Laguna born in 1678, became famous across the Atlantic for his trade with America and the legends of hidden treasure surrounding him. He died in his home city on 14 October 1747 and was buried in the convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, where his tombstone, bearing a skull and crossed shinbones, can still be seen.

1678-1747

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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