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Born c.1510 • Salamanca • Spain
Died September 22, 1554 • Mexico
Title / Office governor (1538-1544), Viceroyalty of New Spain

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Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
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Francisco Pizarro
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
Spanish explorer
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
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Panfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish military leader
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish explorer
Legazpi, Miguel López de
Miguel López de Legazpi
Spanish governor of Philippines
Gaspar de Portolá
Spanish military officer
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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
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Spanish conquistador
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Spanish explorer
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
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