La Agüera was a town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of the Ras Nouadhibou Peninsula in what is currently Western Sahara.  It was founded in 1920 when a fort was established by Francisco Bens just a few miles away from the French settlement of Port Étienne (now Nouadhibou) on the eastern side of the peninsula.  A military air base established by the Spanish was … Continue reading La Agüera #14 (1922)