Note VII‑6 — Chapter VII · ALVARADO'S EXPEDITION TO PERU. 1531-1536.

There is no information, or none of value, as to the first settlement of Realejo by the Spaniards. Herrera, dec. v. lib. vi. cap. i., states that Alvarado was compelled, through lack of ships, to leave 200 men there. This may have been the origin of the colony. Purchas, 1625, spells the word Realjo; Ogilby, 1671, Realejo; Dampier, 1699, Rialeja; Jefferys, 1776, Realejo, as bay and city. Cartog. Pac. Coast, MS., ii. 204, a.