The coastal lowlands north of Manta were conquered, not by the Spanish, but by blacks from the Guinean coast who, as slaves, were shipwrecked en route from Panama to Peru in 1570.
Låglandet vid kusten norr om Manta erövrades inte av spanjorerna, utan av svarta från Guineas kust som i egenskap av slavar hade lidit skeppsbrott under en resa mellan Panama och Peru 1570.