As it was, the yacht had not been able to get near the pier at Ensenada, and was now lying in the river, two miles out.
The seat of provincial authority was transferred to the village of Ensenada, which thereupon was rechristened La Plata.
It was planned in 1753 by Ensenada, but completed only in 1832.
To bring about this contingency, he went on the very next night, and requested to be once more placed on the post of Ensenada.
Thinking the entrance a bay, Heceta named it, in honour of the day, Ensenada de Asuncion.
