Manuel de Velasco y Tejada was a Spanish Navy officer and colonial administrator commanded the Spanish fleet during the Battle of Vigo Bay in 1702 during the War of Spanish Succession.[1] In 1708 he bought the title of Governor of the Río de la Plata for 3,000 pesos but was apprehended there and sent to Spain, with all his belongings taken.[citation needed]
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edit- ^ Solana, Ana Crespo; Castro, Filipe; Nayling, Nigel (1 January 2022). Heritage and the Sea: Volume 1: Maritime History and Archaeology of the Global Iberian World (15th-18th centuries). Springer Nature. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-030-86460-6.
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