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Antonio de Ulloa ( January 12, 1716 - July 3, 1795) was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Ulloa was born in Seville, the son of an economist. In 1735 he went to Peru with fellow Spaniard Jorge Juan as part of the French expedition to measure an arc of the meridian. He remained there from 1736 to 1744, during which time the two Spaniards discovered the element platinum. On his return he published an account of the people and the country (1748), which was translated into English as A Voyage to South America.
In 1758 he returned to South America as governor of Huancavelica in Peru and the general manager of the quicksilver mines there. He held this position until 1764.
He arrived on March 5, 1766 in New Orleans to serve as the first Spanish governor of LouisianaLouisiana is a southern state of the United States of America. It uses the U. postal abbreviation LA . The state is bordered to the west by the state of Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, and to the south by the Gulf. The FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. colonists refused to recognize Spanish rule, and de Ulloa was expelled from Louisiana by a CreoleThe term Creole is used with different meanings in different contexts, which can generate confusion. Generally it refers to a people or a culture that is distinctive or local to a region, but with various additional shades of meaning. Disambiguation See a uprising in 1768Events January 9 Philip Astley stages the first modern circus ( London) May 10 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London Secretary of State for coloni. For the remainder of his life he served as a naval officer and died at Isla de Leon, CádizCadiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla, and Malaga, as well as the British possession of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is.
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