Thursday, March 28

The Spaniards who crossed the Pacific Ocean on the trail of the Three Wise Men


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Detail of the cover of

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Detail of the cover of “The travels of Pedro Fernández de Quirós”, 1595-1606, by Sir Clements Markham.

It was the star that convinced them that they had finally found what they had sought so many, so many times.

It was the legendary region of Ophir, where, according to the Bible, much of the precious stones, silver, ivory, sandalwood and tons of gold came from with which King Solomon (974-937 BC) was able to fulfill the promise of God to David: build a temple to house the Ark of the Covenant.

The same land from which, as it was deduced in the Middle Ages, the Magi procured their precious metals.

In pursuit of that, 150 men set sail in two ships, one of them appropriately named “Los reyes,” from the port of Callao, Peru.


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