Vera Cruz

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Vera Cruz
Nation:	Spain
Region:	New Spain
Info:	Unconquerable Port
Resources:	None
NPC Level:	Unknown

[edit] Important NPCs

NPC Name
Bella Capetillo
Gaspar de Silva
La Befana
Miguel del Camarón
Onorato Diaz
Pádraig Pearse
Thomas Horne
Yvette Gustin

[edit] Missions

Mission Name	Level
Meet the Magistrate	11
Question the Career Trainer	11
A Penny to Bury the Wren	11
A Collection of Stone	11
For Your Generosity...	11
All Wrapped Up With Nowhere To Go	11
Tutorial	11
Can I Get a Witness?	22
Thinner than Water	22
Boarding Tutorial: To Boarder's Bay!	22
Thieves' Island	22
Guns or Butter	33
Who Robs the Robbers?	33
Boarding Tutorial: To Arms!	33
Noble Cause	33
The Plague of Piracy	33
El Ladrón Grande	33
To Protect and To Serve	33
No Loitering	33
A Private Investigation	33
Hell Hath No Fury...	44
Breaking and Entering	44
...Like a Captain Scorned	44
Illegitimate Business	44
Heartless Romantic	44
A Man of Wealth and Taste	55
Business Trip	55
The Economy: Starting Out	55
Unruly Patrons	55
Clearing the Sea Lanes	55
The Roving Eye	55
The Tactician	55
The Piper Gets Paid	55
The Brute	55
Guidance	55
Red Tide	66
The Mastermind	66
Don't Rest On Your Laurels	77
Get a Clue	1010

Spanish starting city. All Spanish tutorials begin here and the 'Map of Destiny' series of missions begins here with A Man of Wealth and Taste.

[edit] History

The sea port of Veracruz was founded by Hernán Cortés, who first landed there in 1519 at the start of his quest to conquer Mexico for Spain. It was named 'La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz' (The Rich Town of the True Cross; the name is also occasionally given as La Rica Villa de la Vera Cruz).

Veracruz was New Spain's main port, where silver and wares from the Manila Galleons transported overland from Acapulco were loaded onto the Spanish treasure fleets for shipment to Spain. The port was harassed by hostile powers and by pirates, who succeeded in pillaging the city in 1653 and in 1712. In response to such dangers the large fortress of San Juan de Ulúa was built on an island in the harbour, beginning in 1565 and substantially expanded several times later.