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    Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. In one of the most...
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    Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto fɾanˈsisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]), also known as El Coca (pronounced [el ˈkoka]), is the capital of...
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    Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾeˈʝana]) is an inland province of Ecuador. The capital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). It was...
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    Francisco de Orellana Airport (IATA: OCC, ICAO: SECO) is an airport serving Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca), the capital of Orellana...
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    Gonzalo Pizarro (category People from Tierra de Trujillo)
    Cinnamon - "País de la Canela". Gonzalo set about organising an expedition in Cusco; among those he recruited was Francisco de Orellana, a veteran of the...
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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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    the specific epithet was derived in honor of the Amazon explorer Francisco de Orellana, an early explorer of the Amazon River. The name achiote derives...
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    Francisco de Orellana Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Orellana Province. Its capital is the town of Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Its population...
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    attacked a 16th-century expedition by Francisco de Orellana. The warriors were led by women, reminding de Orellana of the Amazon warriors, a tribe of women...
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    of Francisco Pizarro House of Francisco de Orellana Monument to Francisco de Orellana Juan Pizarro de Orellana Palace Patio of the Juan Pizarro de Orellana...
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  • devoid of provisions. Gonzalo Pizarro ordered his second in command, Francisco de Orellana to follow the Napo River with fifty men, in order to find its mouth...
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    other close friends to join him on his third expedition.: 136  Francisco de Orellana joined the group and would later discover and explore the length...
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  • Orellana may refer to: Orellana de la Sierra Orellana Province Orellana la Vieja Orellana, Peru Dori Parra de Orellana (1923–2007), Venezuelan politician...
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  • headwaters of the Amazon River by Francisco de Orellana in 1542 is also recorded occurring on the same day. "Nueva Ley de Feriados". eltelegrafo.com.ec/...
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  • Guinea Francisco Olivencia (1934–2019), Spanish lawyer and politician Francisco de Orellana (1511–1546), Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco de Paula...
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    strategy game Age of Empires II allows the player to take control of Francisco de Orellana, while Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado provides the option of sending...
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  • Pizarro led an expedition east of Quito with Francisco de Orellana in search of The country of cinnamon ("País de la Canela"). The reason why they took this...
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    empire. The first Spanish expedition was by Francisco de Orellana in conjunction with Catholic priest Gaspar de Carvajal, who documented the expedition....
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    tributary of the Napo River. The two rivers join in the city of Puerto Francisco de Orellana. The Payamino River also merges into the Napo River in the city...
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    war Francisco de Orellana fought with the Tapuyas and other tribes. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was their custom. Orellana derived...
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  • Francisco Pizaro de Orellana (1630–1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1680–1683). Francisco Pizaro de Orellana...
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  • de Almaraz, Lady of Almaraz. He married Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal, daughter of Hernándo Alfonso de Orellana (a distant relative of Francisco de Orellana)...
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    city: Ibarra Region 2 (43,498 km2, or 16,795 mi2): Pichincha, Napo, and Orellana. Administrative city: Tena Region 3 (44,710 km2, or 17,263 mi2): Chimborazo...
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    Jhoanner Chávez (category People from Orellana Province)
    Série A club Bahia, and the Ecuador national team. Born in Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Chávez joined Independiente del Valle's youth setup in 2014, aged...
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    Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés wrote that Ponce de León was looking for the waters of Bimini. A similar account appears in Francisco López de Gómara's Historia...
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    Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy. According to his biographer and chaplain, Francisco López de Gómara, Cortés was pale and sickly as a child. At the age of 14, he...
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    Francisco de Orellana ("Account of the recent discovery of the famous Grand river which was discovered by great good fortune by Captain Francisco de Orellana")...
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    book). Chapters LVII to LXVI. Francisco López de Gómara. Medina del Campo, 1553; Zaragoza, 1555 Compendio de Historia de Panamá, pp. 156–171. Juan B. Sosa...
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  • they find carvings made by Ox which lead the pair to the grave of Francisco de Orellana, which contains an elongated crystal skull. Leaving the grave, the...
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  • Cabeza de Vaca Peru, Inca Empire and Ecuador 1531–1534 Francisco Pizarro Ecuador and Brazil. Length of the Amazon River. 1531–1534 Francisco de Orellana Canada...
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