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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: February 18, 2019
Caption:
An additional nearby marker on the Campeche Royal Road | Additional Description: As the featured marker mentions, the San Juan Arch marks the beginning of the original Royal Road to the port city of Campeche. This nearby marker reads:
Año de 1790
Este Camino Rl. se deve a la Persona Asistencia, buen Celo y prudente política, con q. el Gob. Cap. Gen. e Ynte. de esta Prov. el Sr. D. Lucas de Galvez supo animar los estimulos generosos de un Pueblo amante a común beneficio propenso a la liberalidad, en cuyo noble recurso alló los fondos de su abertura y construcción.
English translation:
In the year 1790, this Royal Road is due to the personal assistance, zealousness and prudent policy with which the Captain General and Intendent of this province, Lucas D. Gálvez, knew how to encourage the generosity of a people that believe in the public good and are prone to liberality, in whose noble resources he was able to encounter the funds to open and construct this road.
Submitted: March 19, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p467253
File Size: 6.058 Megabytes
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