Note 235 — LA TRADICIÓN DE LUCÍA MIRANDA C. O. Bunge
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Juan Díaz de Solís, a famous Spanish explorer of the sixteenth century who discovered the Río de la Plata, in 1516, and called it Mar Dulce, thinking he had discovered a sea. Landing on the island of Martín García, he was killed by the Charrúa Indians, a very warlike tribe that occupied the Plata basin.