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Punta Leva - Veli Lošinj

Petar Jakov Leva (Veli Lošinj, 1769 - Veli Lošinj, 1879). He was one of the most famous Lošinj captains as he was the first master from the eastern part of the Adriatic who sailed round the Cape Horn. His great accomplishment took place in 1834 on a brig called Ferdinando V Re d'Ungheria for the benefit of the Austrian Llloyd. He was also the first sailor from the Austrian Empire to initiate trade relations between Trieste and Chile. Equally successful was his participation in supplying the allied army during the Crimean War against Russia in 1854. He was married twice. With his second wife, Marija Budinić, sister of Captain Marco Antonio Budinić, he had as many as ten children, five of which became captains. He was also known as the most elegant Lošinj captain as he was very handsome, tall and slender. He and his lovely wife were considered the most beautiful married couple of the Lošinj maritime community in the middle of the 19th century. He comes from the renowned Veli Lošinj Leva family (De Leyva) originating from Spanish Galicia. In appreciation of their maritime, trade and war accomplishments, the eastern cape of the entrance into the Port of Veli Lošinj, where the port light is situated, was named Punta Leva.

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