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    Castillo de Belalcázar (also, castillo de los Sotomayor Zúñiga y Madróñiz, or castillo de Gahete or castillo de Gafiq) is a Gothic castle in the city...
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    Magdalena de Belalcázar, among other children, Isabel de Fuenmayor y Belalcázar was born in the city of Santiago de Cali. Isabel de Fuenmayor y Belalcázar married...
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    Juan Ponce de León (/ˌpɒns də ˈliːən/, also UK: /ˌpɒnseɪ də leɪˈɒn/, US: /ˌpɒns də liˈoʊn, ˌpɒns(ə) deɪ -/, Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈponθe ðe leˈon]; 1474 – July...
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    Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ ðe βalˈβo.a]; c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and...
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    The Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, (Spanish: El Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción) is a fortification located on the southern bank of the San...
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    Hernando de Soto (/də ˈsoʊtoʊ/; Spanish: [eɾˈnando ðe ˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions...
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    found the land already held by Francisco Pizarro's lieutenant Sebastián de Belalcázar. The two forces of Conquistadors almost came to battle; however, Alvarado...
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    of Florencio de Rodas and Guiomar Coello. He arrived at Quito in 1540 and in 1541, he traveled to Popayán with Sebastián de Belalcázar, entrusted with...
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    until the arrival of two expeditions at the end of 1538: Sebastián de Belalcázar from Quito, modern-day capital of Ecuador, one of the captains of Pizarro...
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  • Sebastián de Belalcázar Antonio de Berrío Francisco de Bobadilla Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Sebastian Cabot Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Alonso de Cáceres Bartolomé...
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    Cali (redirect from Santiago de cali)
    city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar. As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971...
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    to Cartagena. There Heredia was taken prisoner himself by Sebastián de Belalcázar and sent to Panamá to stand trial for his attempts to seize control...
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    latter had stayed in Panama to gather more recruits.: 139–40  Sebastián de Belalcázar soon arrived with 30 men.: 141  Though Pizarro's main objective was...
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  • Clara de la Columna de Belalcazar. The building is located in the historic center, near the parish church and the Hermitage of Santa María del Castillo. It...
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    1546, De Belalcázar ordered the execution of Jorge Robledo, who governed a neighbouring province in yet another land-related vendetta. De Belalcázar was...
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    Alonso de Ojeda (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈlonso ðe oˈxeða]; c. 1466 – c. 1515) was a Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador. He travelled through...
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    Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ˈβaθkeθ ðe koɾoˈnaðo]; 1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer...
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    Cortés, Hernán. Escritos sueltos de Hernán Cortés. Biblioteca Histórica de la Iberia. vol 12. Mexico 1871. Díaz del Castillo, Bernal. The Conquest of New...
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  • jurist (2010) Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (1977) Sebastián de Belalcázar, conquistador (1955) Andrés Bello, Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet...
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    Santa Cruz de Nuca (or Nutca) was a Spanish colonial fort and settlement and the first European colony in what is now known as British Columbia. The settlement...
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    of Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Córdoba, Spain. Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos Calahorra Tower Castle of Belalcázar Castle of...
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    Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe βalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and...
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    Ángel de Villafañe (b. c. 1504) was a Spanish conquistador of Florida, Mexico, and Guatemala, and was an explorer, expedition leader, and ship captain...
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    Santa Fe de Bogotá. Two other notable journeys by early conquistadors to the interior took place in the same period. Sebastián de Belalcázar, conqueror...
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    forced labor from the Timucuan, Guale, and Apalache peoples) built the Castillo de San Marcos beginning in 1672. The first stage of construction was completed...
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    pursued Belalcázar who was going to Riobamba to meet Pedro de Alvarado and delayed Belalcázar's second entry into Quito by three months. Belalcázar gave...
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    del Castillo 2011, p. 287. de Sahagún 1577, book VIII, fol. 30r–30v. Díaz del Castillo 2011, pp. 287–288. Cortés 1866, p. 222. Díaz del Castillo 2011...
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    1494. In 1513, this claim was reinforced by Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, when he claimed all...
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    South Carolina and into eastern Tennessee on the orders of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, in an attempt to find an inland route to a silver-producing town in...
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    Domingo, Martínez de Irala, Jerónimo Ochoa de Eizaguirre, Andrés de Arzamendia, Juan de Estigarribia, Galaz de Medrano and Fernando de Gasteiz accompany...
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