Commodore Matthew C. Perry leads a detachment…

October 1847 CE

Commodore Matthew C. Perry leads a detachment of seven vessels along the northern coast of Tabasco state.

Perry arrives at the Tabasco River (now known as the Grijalva River) on October 22, 1846, and seizes the Port of Frontera along with two of their ships. Leaving a small garrison, he advances with his troops towards the town of San Juan Bautista (Villahermosa today).

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