The Great Expedition Of Hernando De Soto In 1538 Through The North American South General History of United States 03/10/201723/06/20230 Hernando de Soto, conqueror and explorator Hernando de Soto, born in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz - Spain), arrived in the Indias in 1514 in the fleet colonization of the governor of Panama Pedrarias Davila. Two years later, he was named captain of cavalry and participated in various conquests in Central
The Viceroy Mendoza and the Seven Cities of Cibola General History of United States 01/10/201703/10/20170 The name "Seven Cities of Cibola" comes from the early sixteenth century, specifically 1508, the year in which the book of chivalry of Amadís de Gaula was published in Spain that narrates the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, seven bishops fled Spain with a fabulous treasure and took it
Nuño de Guzmán, conquistador of Nueva Galicia General History of United States 30/09/201730/09/20170 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, born in Guadalajara (Spain) in 1490. He was appointed governor of Panuco in 1525, a territory taken from its discoverer and conqueror Francisco de Garay. He marched to his governorate and once there and because of the rivalry between the king and Hernán Cortés he was
Pánfilo de Narváez and Cabeza de Vaca, exploration of the Southern United States General History of United States 30/09/201730/09/20170 Panfilo de Narváez, Segovian born in 1470. He served the Governor of Jamaica, Juan de Esquivel, and then marched to the Hispaniola Isle where he was appointed lieutenant of Diego de Velázquez with whom he participated in the conquest and colonization of Cuba. When Cortés betrayed Velázquez, he sent him to
Esteban Gómez, exploration of the entire East Coast General History of United States 30/09/20170 Esteban Gómez, Portuguese navigator, was born in 1483 in Oporto (Portugal). In 1518 he was appointed pilot of Seville Contracting House, thus passing to serve the Spanish crown. He participated as a pilot of the nao Trinidad ('capitana' ship) in the journey of Fernando de Magallanes with the objective of
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, foundation of the first Spanish settlement in North America General History of United States 30/09/201730/09/20170 Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, born in Toledo (Spain) in 1475, was a oidor of the Royal Court of Santo Domingo (founded in 1511) and a sugar courier on the Hispaniola island. He traded with slaves and pearls that he obtained by financing expeditions to the coasts of the pearls in
Francisco de Garay, expeditions along the Gulf of Mexico coast General History of United States 30/09/201713/11/20170 Francisco de Garay was an important figure in the Hispaniola island of those years. He arrived on the island on the second journey of Columbus. It was enriched with gold found near Santo Domingo and was related to María de Toledo, the wife of Diego Columbus. He was appointed Mayor
Ponce de león and the Discovery of Florida General History of United States 30/09/20170 Juan Ponce de León, born in Santervás de Campos (Valladolid - Spain) in 1460, arrived with Frey Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 at the Hispaniola island. He took part in its conquest and pacification and for this was granted the governorship of Higüey in the eastern part of it where
Preparations for the first voyage of discovery General 29/09/20170 On May 12th, 1492 Christopher Columbus departed from Granada in the direction of Palos, a place chosen for the departure since the Cadiz port was practically collapsed by the departure of Jews decreed by the Catholic Kings few days before. The other reason it was chosen is because it was
Christopher Columbus in Barcelona General 29/09/20170 Before arriving Christopher Columbus in Spain he was already thoroughly preparing how to expose his supposed successes in his journey of discovery of the new routes to Indias. To this end, he began by writing letters to his main sponsors: the Catholic Kings, to the notary public, the scribe Luis
Funding of the Columbian project General 29/09/201729/09/20170 Cristopher Columbus had to seek funding for his project, but he was not only seeking financial resources, also the support of some political power that would give him legitimacy, exclusivity and power to execute his plans. Hence, he turned to the most important European kings of the time to ask
Christopher Columbus’ project General 29/09/20170 The Cristobal Columbus was none other than to find a new route that reached the coasts of the Asian continent by sailing westwards, that is, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, in those times better known as the Oceans Sea or the Dark Sea. Fall of Constantinople The reason for the search for these
Christopher Columbus’ fifth and final voyage General 28/09/20170 Christopher Columbus made up to four trips before 1506 between Castile and the newly discovered territories. The first of these trips was the one known by all of Discovery in which they departed from Palos de La Frontera on August 3th, 1492 with 3 ships and 100 crew members returning
Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean General History of America History of Panama 28/09/201712/11/20170 We are in the month of September 1513. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and 190 Spaniards depart from Darién direction to Careta, Caribbean region whose chieftain was an ally of the Spaniards and where a thousand more natives joined. From here, they entered the thick and green jungle in search of
The sad last days of Columbus in the New World: rebellions and civil wars General 28/09/20170 We continue with Christopher Columbus shipwrecked and forgotten along with his men in Jamaica during his Fourth trip to the New World. They had to contact someone as soon as possible to get out of there. They decided to send someone after the Hispaniola island. In mid-July 1503, he departed