The Grijalva expedition, continuing north along the…
June 1518 CE
The Grijalva expedition, continuing north along the coast, arrives in 1518 at the island later known as San Juan de Ulúa, which lies in front of the present Mexican city of Veracruz.
The Spanish name it so because they had landed on the Christian feast of John the Baptist, and in honor of the captain.
De Ulúa is derived from the local name for the Aztecs, coluha or acolhua.
According to tradition, when the Spanish arrived, they found two young men who had been sacrificed.
When they asked the locals what had happened, they said the Aztecs had ordered the sacrifice.
The word for Aztec evolves into Ulúa.
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