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Puná Island

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The Battle of Puná, fought on the island in April 1531, was an engagement of Francisco Pizarro's during the Spanish conquest of Peru. It was fought by the Spanish conquistadores allied with the natives of Tumbez, against their rivals, the people of Puná.

The missionary first bishop of Cuzco, Vincent de Valverde, was put to death by the islanders on 31 October 1541.

Hakluyt's 'Voyages' relate that Thomas Cavendish raided the island in 1587 during his circumnavigation having fought against local forces including natives who were by then loyal to the Spanish administration.

Puná Island is where rugby union in Ecuador was first played, in the 1930s, by English merchants.

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