La Isiqendu saseParaguaná, imi kumantla elizwe laseFalcón, Kwafunyanwa ngo-Agasti 9, 1499 ngumatiloshe uAlonso de Ojeda ngoMhla weSan Román. Icacisa igama lePeninsula njengePhondo laseSan Román, elalisetyenziswa kuwo onke amaxwebhu ekoloniyalizim kunye neemephu zehlabathi ezivela kwixesha laseSpain.
UAlonso de Ojeda, (1468-1515), wayengumatiloshe waseSpain, irhuluneli kunye naboyisi. Yayihamba ngemida yaseGuyana, eVenezuela, eTrinidad naseTobago, eCuraçao, eAruba naseColombia (kwicala loLwandle lweCaribbean). Uyaziwa ngokunika igama iVenezuela ("iVenice encinci") kumhlaba awawuhlolayo kuhambo lwakhe lokuqala. Wafumanisa iLake Maracaibo.
Okwangoku, iSan Román ligama lomaleko ofunyenwe kumantla e-peninsula nakulo lonke ilizwekazi laseVenezuela. Apho, nge-30 kaNovemba ngo-1928, kwasungulwa isibane sokukhanya eKapa. Into ebisakuba sisakhiwo esinzima sensimbi esonakaliswe ngumhlwa, esisebenza ngokukodwa kule ndawo ngenxa yoxinzelelo oluphezulu lwe-nitriding.
Xa imozulu intle ukusuka eKapa kufutshane, ungasibona isiqithi saseAruba, umgama ekuyi-31 km. Ngobusuku obucacileyo izibane zesi siqithi ziyabengezela ngokukhawuleza. Idume ngeelwandle zayo ezintle kunye namashishini okungcakaza.