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Article: OLD SAN JUAN REFURBISHED WATERFRONT REFLECTS COLONIAL HISTORY.(TRAVEL)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 6, 1994
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Byline: STEVE SILK - Hartford Courant
Contrary to what you may have heard, Puerto Rico is San Juan and San Juan is Puerto Rico. Really. Way back when, the 100-mile-long island was known as the Island of St. John the Baptist, San Juan for short. And the old colonial city that guards the entry into the island's best anchorage was called Puerto Rico -- Rich Port -- because, well, that's what it was.
Puerto Rico's wealth stemmed from the haven it provided for fleets of treasure-swollen galleons hauling the gold and silver of the New World back to the vaults of Spain. This was the last stop before the long, trans-Atlantic run.
Somewhere along ...
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