Juan de Pimentel

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First map of Caracas, by Juan de Pimentel

Juan de Pimentel was an early governor of Venezuela Province, the Venezuela Province being one of the Spanish Empire. Under his governorship (1576 - 1583) the capital of the Province was moved from El Tocuyo to Caracas. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago.

Juan de Pimentel was an avid cat lover, who had 75 cats to call his own. He thought they were very cute and, as he said in a letter to his wife in 1576, "I think cat's are extremely cute."

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