Campeche, New Spain | |
| Nation: | Spain |
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Public Docks | |
History[]
Campeche
The city was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as 'San Francisco de Campeche' atop the pre-existing Maya city of Canpech or Kimpech. The Pre-Columbian city was described as having 3,000 houses and various monuments, of which little trace remains.
Due to the constant attacks of both English and Dutch buccaneers and pirates such as Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Laurens de Graff, Kornelius Jols, Jacobo Jackson, Jean Lafitte, Francisco de Grammont, Bartolomé Portugués, William Parker, Francisco Nau, Edward Mansvelt, Henry Morgan, Lewis Scot, Roche Braziliano and Michel de Grammont for almost 160 years, in 1686 the government started to fortify the city.
The French engineer Louis Bouchard de Becour was commissioned to unify all the defensive works that surrounded the city with a wall. At its completion, the wall surrounding the city of Campeche was 2,560 meters in length, forming an irregular hexagon around the main part of the city, with eight defensive bastions on the corners. These bulwarks now serve different functions:
- Santiago: Used as the Botanical Garden 'Xmuch´haltún'. Reconstructed.
- San Pedro: Former prison.
- San Francisco: Protects the Land Gate. Houses the library of the INAH.
- San Juan: Protects the Land Gate.
- Santa Rosa:
- San Carlos: Holds the City Museum. This fort was the first one built. Protects the Sea Gate.
- Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: Also protects the Sea Gate. It is the largest one and holds the Museum of City History.
It also contained four gates to allow access to the main quarters. The main entrances are the Puerta de la tierra ("Land Gate"), built in 1732, and the Puerta del mar ("Sea Gate"). The Land Gate is kept as a tourist attraction, having a light and sound show three nights each week and keeping original supplies and items from the XVII century. The other gates were Guadalupe and San Román, connecting to the outside neighborhoods.
Additionally, two main forts protected the city from two nearby hills on each side, the forts of San José el Alto (built in 1762) and San Miguel. These forts gave long-range artillery coverage and served also as look-outs. They were built before the walls of the city. The fort of San Miguel is used as a museum and houses a collection of pre-Hispanic items. The fort of San José houses a collection of boats and weapons of the period.
Map and Locations[]
Map of Campeche
For missions, the Town Crier will give you directions. You'll find Father Padillo and Gonzalo Salizar will give missions, as well as the Magistrate, Felipe Mato. Check out also the Tavern and Admiralty Office.
Important NPCs[]
Available Missions[]
Missions available from "Knuckles" Niedecker
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Missions available from "Stumpy Joe" Childs
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Missions available from "Stumpy" Pepys
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Missions available from Aaron Whyman
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Missions available from Abasi Demers
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Missions available from Abdul-Hakim
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Missions available from Abegail Ospital
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Missions available from Absalom Fairweather
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Missions available from Achille Flibotte
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Missions available from Adelaide Clevinger
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Missions available from Adora Fausto
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Missions available from Adriana Carrasco
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Missions available from Adrien Darcy
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Missions available from Adrien Hammersley
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Missions available from Adán Herrera
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Missions available from Alain Laframboise
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Missions available from Alan Tomkins
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Missions available from Alberto Alva
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Missions available from Alberto Cadenas
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Missions available from Alberto Lockett
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Missions available from Alberto Ortelano
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Missions available from Alexander Alekhine
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Missions available from Alf le Huguenot
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Missions available from Alfonse DeGenaro
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Missions available from Alfonso Charbonnier
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Missions available from Algernon Agnew
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Missions available from Aliah
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Missions available from Alice Jerominus
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Missions available from Alicia Laguna
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Missions available from Aloisius Stern
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Missions available from Alonsico Atienza
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Missions available from Alonsico Molleda
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Missions available from Alonsico Nieves
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Missions available from Alonsico Padilla
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Missions available from Alphonse Mercado
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Missions available from Alsonso Aguilar
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Missions available from Alvaro Cocon
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Missions available from Alvin Humphreys
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Missions available from Alvin Woods
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Missions available from Amadeus d'Amostoy
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Missions available from Amando Henriquez
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Missions available from Ambre Suzor
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Missions available from Ambrose Brassington
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Missions available from Ambrose Primley
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Missions available from Anastas Balines
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Missions available from Anatole Decoigne
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Missions available from André Faucheux
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Missions available from Andy Sordelier
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Missions available from Angelica Ryan
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Missions available from Angus MacKinnon
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RvR Notes[]
Campeche and Sisal are the two vital Spanish ports of New Spain. They are the primary source of metals for the Deep Natural Harbor at Havana. They also provide an alternative market to the French in the Gulf of Mexico if Belle Isle and/or New Orleans is lost.