Ka la 3 Mots'eanong, 1535, Hernán Cortés o ile a kena ka metsing a kou e nang le khotso e moeling oa lifate tsa mangrove, a beha leoto fatše.
Moo a ileng a nka sebaka seo sa marang-rang molemong oa Crown ea Spain, a se reha Santa Cruz. Mohapi o ile a tla ho netefatsa litlaleho tsa batsamaisi ba hae ba neng ba ile ba lekola sebaka seo lilemo tse 'maloa tse fetileng, ba khahliloe ke tšōmo ea sehlekehleke se nang le basali feela ba ruileng ka liperela le khauta, e bitsoang California.
O ile a fumana liperela, tse ngata le tse ntle haholo hoo basali le khauta ba ileng ba tlameha ho ema. Litaba tsa liperela li hlahisitse letoto la liketsahalo tsa nalane tse ntseng li pheta kou ena e khutsitseng eo kajeno re e bitsang La Paz. Monna ea neng a hapile Mexico o ile a hloleha boitekong ba hae ba ho etsa sebaka sena kolone, mme e bile ho fihlela ka 1720 moo ho ileng ha theoa setulo sa ruri. Mocheso o feteletseng, khaello ea metsi le mathata a ho fana ka thepa ho tsoa lebopong la sekepe, lintlha tseo Cortés a neng a ke ke a li hlola, li lula li le joalo, le batho ba La Paz ba neng ba lelera tseleng ea boarding, ba tsamaea sebakeng seo a theohileng ho sona, ba tseba hantle hore se hlotseng conquistador e fana ka sebopeho se ikhethang ho toropo ena le baahi ba eona. E, hoa chesa hlabula, metsi a fokola haholo 'me hoo e ka bang ntho e ngoe le e ngoe eo re e jang e tlisitsoe likarolong tse ling, empa re phela hantle, batho ba lokile ebile ba botsoalle, re re hoseng hoseng seterateng le metsi a khutsitseng a rona Bahia oa re thabisa ka ho bonahatsa ho likela ha letsatsi ho boneselitsoeng hoo, joalo ka liperela, ho re tumisitseng.
Ho itšehla thajana ho re file boitsebiso bo matla. Re lula lehoatateng le lika-likelitsoeng ke leoatle, 'me ha re tsoa ka sekepeng re iphumana re le ka leoatleng re lika-likelitsoe ke lehoatata. Haesale ho le ka tsela ena, 'me sena se re entse ba fapaneng le batho ba bang ba Mexico.
Ho feta moo, re mokete o rarahaneng haholo le o monate oa liphatsa tsa lefutso: Sepanishe, Senyesemane, Sejeremane, Sefora, China, Majapane, Mataliana, Maturkey, MaLebanon le ba bang ba bangata ba ile ba tla La Paz ba khahliloe ke khoebo ea liperela, 'me ba lula. Ho bula bukana ea mehala ho bontša ka ho hlaka tse kaholimo, 'me lifahleho tsa La Paz ke' mapa o hlakileng oa semelo sa rona.
Botle ba tlhaho bo re potileng bo tsebahala lefatšeng ka bophara, re monyako oa Leoatle la Cortez; lihlekehleke tsa eona, mabopo a leoatle le liphoofolo li ka pela rona. Ho tloha ka boardwalk ho tloaelehile ho bona li-dolphin tse limithara tse 'maloa ho tloha moo; ho tsoela pele, maruarua, li-stingray le litlhapi li khahlisa batho ba fapaneng le li-kayaker. Bohahlauli bo batlang tlhaho bo bo fumana mona ka bongata bo hlollang. Ho tsamaea literateng tse nang le marulelo a India ho fa moeti tatso ea toropo ena e mosa le e khutsitseng. Ho utloahala 'mino; Ka lepatlelong le kapele ho kereke e kholo, batho ba bapala lipapali tsa lothari tlasa lifate, ho bonoa monko o monate o u memang hore u latsoe lijo tsa leoatleng tse ncha le boleng bo ikhethang. Ha re potlake, sebaka seo re lulang ho sona se fana ka maikutlo a hore re nka nako e hlokahalang ho ithabisa ka ntho e ngoe le e ngoe e re potileng le ho re khetholla. Ha motho e mong a re etela re ba mema hore le bona ba etse joalo.
Ha re tloha re hopola toropo ea rona ka mantsoe a monate a pina ea khale: "La Paz, boema-kepe ba leshano, joalo ka perela eo leoatle le nang le eona, ka hona pelo ea ka ea u lebela."
