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    Pedro de Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe menˈdoθa]) (c. 1487 – June 23, 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first...
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    Pedro González de Mendoza (3 May 1428 – 11 January 1495) was a Spanish cardinal, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Enrique IV of...
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    convinced Mendoza to return to Europe after a short stop in Buenos Aires. Pedro de Mendoza died on the open sea on June 23, 1537. Juan de Ayolas, who...
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    today the modern city. Pedro de Mendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds", a name suggested by the chaplain of Mendoza's expedition – a devotee...
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  • Hurtado de Mendoza, Castilian nobleman César Mendoza, member of Government Junta of Chile (1973) as chief of Carabineros de Chile Pedro de Mendoza, conquistador...
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    Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana (in full, Spanish: Doña Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda), (29 June...
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    at Carrión de los Condes in Old Castile to a noble family which figured prominently in the arts. His grandfather, Pedro González de Mendoza I, and his...
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    estuary of the Rio de la Plata in January 1536. After assisting Pedro de Mendoza in the first foundation of Buenos Aires, Juan de Salazar de Espinosa was then...
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  • Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578 – November 10, 1641), also called Puente Hurtado de Mendoza, was a Basque scholastic philosopher and theologian. Pedro...
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    Hurtado de Mendoza inherited the fortunes of his father Pedro. He married the illegitimate daughter of King Henry II, and later married Leonor Lasso de la...
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    the Spanish Crown. In 1536, he was part of the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in the Río de la Plata, having an active participation in the conquest of...
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  • Spanish soldier Jaime Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza (21st century), Mexican doctor and lawyer Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578–1641), Jesuit scholastic thinker...
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    Aires by Pedro de Mendoza. Dionis was born in Lys, County of Flanders, the son of Johannes de Lys and Barboxa de Leys. He had arrived to the Río de la Plata...
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    don Francisco Pizarro, and adelantado don Diego de Almagro, and don Pedro de Mendoza, and Francisco de Camargo have the said governorships, to the said...
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    foundation of Buenos Aires by Captain Juan de Garay in 1580 (the first one was in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza), among the first 400 land lots apportioned...
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    Bahía de Montevideo) is the bay around the city of Montevideo, Uruguay in the Río de la Plata. It was previously named by Pedro de Mendoza as "Bahía de la...
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    Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (1535–1609) Francisco de Mendoza, Archbishop of Burgos Pedro de Mendoza Rodrigo Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco...
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  • López de Legazpi Diego de Losada Gonzalo Macías Baltasar Maldonado Juan Maldonado Pedro Malaver de Silva Luis Marin Diego de Mazariegos Pedro de Mendoza Pedro...
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  • Ayre would be later erected in Seville [1]. In 1536, Spanish seaman Pedro de Mendoza established a fort and port in current-day San Telmo (about one kilometre...
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    the Pacific coast. Pedro de Mendoza, on whom the country was next bestowed, founded Buenos Aires, but did not venture south. Alonso de Camargo [es] (1539)...
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    Río de la Plata is a major metropolis, it held no interest for Spaniards and the 1535–36 settlement failed and was abandoned by 1541. Pedro de Mendoza and...
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    Monsod 1624 Vicente de Guzman 1625 Pedro de Mendoza 1626 Tomas Hilot 1627 Juan Tolentino 1628 Juan Bili 1629 Juan Tibay Mendoza 1630 Juan Mayao 1631...
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    and from his uncle, the powerful cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza. Succeeding his father in 1479 as Conde de Tendilla, he entered the Royal Court at Toledo...
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  • Florida 1527: Pedro de Alvarado for Guatemala 1529: Francisco Pizarro for Peru, and Pedro de Mendoza for Argentina 1535: Pedro Fernández de Lugo for Santa...
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    Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to...
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    The first European colony was the city of Buenos Aires, founded by Pedro de Mendoza on 2 February 1536. This settlement, however, was quickly abandoned;...
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  • Aires in the expedition of his uncle, Pedro de Mendoza. Luján was born in Spain, son of Pedro de Luján and Mencia de Lago, belonging to a noble family. He...
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    and Suipacha) at the request of the mayor Mariano de Vedia y Mitre (appointed by president Agustín Pedro Justo). For its construction, which cost 200,000...
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    name Río de la Plata, "river of silver". The first European colony in the Platine region was the city of Buenos Aires, founded by Pedro de Mendoza on 2 February...
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    Mendoza (Latin American Spanish: [menˈdosa]), officially the City of Mendoza (Spanish: Ciudad de Mendoza), is the capital of the province of Mendoza in...
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