But it is the case that Europeans used their own language to describe new things when they explored east and west at a time of European commercial and imperial expansion.
12. Puerto Balandra, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
So, In the year 1697 an Englishman, William Dampier wrote of a ‘Lagune or Lake of Salt water’ in Mexico. Was he thinking of this spectacular place, Puerto Balandra? Perhaps not.