List of conquistadors in Colombia
(1500)
This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia. The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into; Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were separate states at the time of birth of the early conquistadors. Important conquistadors and explorers were Alonso de Ojeda, who landed first at Colombian soil and founded the first settlement Santa Cruz,[1] Rodrigo de Bastidas, who founded the oldest still remaining city Santa Marta, Pedro de Heredia, who founded the important city of Cartagena in 1533, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who was the leader of the first and main expedition into the Andes (1536–1538), with his brother second in command and many other conquistadors, 80% of whom who didn't survive,[2][3] and Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar who entered the Colombian interior from the northwest and south respectively.
Conquistadors in Colombia[]
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- Alonso de Ojeda (1499–1502 & 1509–10)
- Francisco Pizarro (1509–10)
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)
- Francisco Pizarro
- Martín Fernández de Enciso
- Pedro Arias Dávila (1513–1519)
- Francisco Pizarro
- Diego de Almagro
- Sebastián de Belalcázar
- Pascual de Andagoya
- Francisco Pizarro (1515–1529)
- Diego de Almagro
- Pascual de Andagoya
- Bartolomé Ruiz
- Jorge Robledo
- Pedro de Heredia (1532–1538)
- Alonso de Cáceres
- Nikolaus Federmann (1537–1539)
- Georg von Speyer
- Miguel Holguín y Figueroa
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1536–1539)
- Hernán Pérez de Quesada
- Martín Galeano
- Ortún Velázquez de Velasco
- Juan de San Martín
- Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
- Juan del Junco
- Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
- Antonio de Lebrija
- Gonzalo Macías
- Juan Maldonado
- Juan de Céspedes
- Hernán Pérez de Quesada (1539–1541)
- Martín Galeano
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1569–1572)
- Gonzalo Macías
- Juan Maldonado
• Leader – minor captain
Notes:
• >1539 expeditions in Llanos Orientales not shown
• expedition Pedro de Ursúa not shown
Alonso de Ojeda (1499–1502 & 1509–10)
Francisco Pizarro (1509–10)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Columbus_fourth_voyage.jpg/260px-Columbus_fourth_voyage.jpg)
(1502–04)
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)
Francisco Pizarro
Martín Fernández de Enciso
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ruta_Belalcazar_200.png/260px-Ruta_Belalcazar_200.png)
Sebastián de Belalcázar (1514–1539)
Jorge Robledo
Gaspar de Rodas
Juan de Ampudia
Baltasar Maldonado
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by Agustín Codazzi, 1890
Name leader in bold |
Nationality | Years active |
Indigenous people encountered bold is conquered |
Year of death |
Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alonso de Ojeda | Castilian | 1499–1502 1509–10 |
Kuna (2) |
1515 | ![]() |
[4] |
Christopher Columbus | Genovese | 1502–1504 | Kuna (1) | 1506 | ![]() |
[note 1] |
Francisco Pizarro | Extremaduran | 1509–10 1513 1515–29 |
Kuna (2, 3, 4) Inca |
1541 | ![]() |
|
Martín Fernández de Enciso | Castilian | 1509–10 1513–17 |
Kuna (2, 3) | 1528 | [5] | |
Vasco Núñez de Balboa | Extremaduran | 1513–19 | Kuna (3) | 1519 | ![]() |
|
Pedro Arias Dávila | Castilian | 1513–19 | Kuna (3) | 1531 | [1] | |
Pascual de Andagoya | Basque | 1515–29 | Kuna (4), Inca | 1548 | [1] | |
Diego de Almagro | Castilian | 1515–29 | Kuna (4) Inca |
1538 | ||
Bartolomé Ruiz | Castilian | 1515–29 | Kuna (4) | 1532 | ![]() |
|
Sebastián de Belalcázar | Castilian | 1514–39 | Paez Pijao (1) Sutagao (1) Muisca |
1551 | ![]() |
[1][3] |
Jorge Robledo | Castilian | 1514–46 | Paez Pijao (1) Nutabe |
1546 | ![]() |
[1][note 2] |
Juan de Ampudia | Castilian | 1514–41 | Paez, Pijao (1), Nutabe | 1541 | ||
Pedro de Añasco | Castilian | 1514–41 | Paez, Pijao (1) | [6] | ||
Baltasar Maldonado | Castilian | 1534–52 | Inca, Paez, Pijao (1), Quimbaya, , Muisca, , Inga, Kamëntsá | 1552 | [7][8][9][10] | |
Rodrigo de Bastidas | Castilian | 1524–25 | Tairona | 1527 | ![]() |
[1] |
Juan de Céspedes | Castilian | 1525–43 | Tairona, Chimila (1, 2) Muisca Panche (1), Sutagao (1) |
1573 or 1576 | [2][3][11][12][13] | |
Ambrosius Ehinger | Bavarian | 1529–33 | Tairona, Chimila (1), Motilon (1), Chitarero (1) |
1533 | [1] | |
Pedro de Heredia | Castilian | 1532–38 | Zenú | 1554 | ![]() |
[1] |
Alonso de Heredia | Castilian | 1532–38 | Zenú | [1] | ||
Alonso de Cáceres | Extremaduran | 1532–38 | Zenú | |||
Georg von Speyer | Palatinatian | 1535–38 | Motilon (2) Chitarero (1) |
1540 | ![]() |
|
Nikolaus Federmann | Bavarian | 1535–39 | Motilon (2), Chitarero (1) U'wa, Lache (1) Muisca |
1542 | [1][3] | |
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa | Extremaduran | 1535–39 | Motilon (2), Chitarero (1), U'wa, Lache (1), Muisca | 1576> | [2][14] | |
Luis Lanchero | Castilian | 1533–39 1541–1559 |
Muzo | 1562 | [15][16] | |
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
Granadian | 1536–39 1569–72 |
Tairona, Chimila (2) zipa zaque Panche Pijao (2) |
1579 | ![]() |
[1][2][3] |
Juan Maldonado | Castilian | 1536–39 1569–72 |
Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2) | [2][note 3] | ||
Pedro Ruíz Corredor | Castilian | 1533–1601 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Inca | 1601+ | [2][17] | |
Juan de Albarracín | Castilian | 1536–1539 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche | [2] | ||
Juan Tafur | Castilian | 1518–1541 | Tairona, Chimila (1,2), Muisca, Panche | [2][18] | ||
Martín Yañéz Tafur | Castilian | 1520–1544 | Zenú, Kuna, Panche | [2][19] | ||
Antonio Díaz de Cardoso | Portuguese | 1526–41 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche | [2][20] | ||
Gonzalo García Zorro | Extremaduran | 1536–1544 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche | 1566 | [2] | |
Gonzalo Macías | Extremaduran | 1536–39 1569–71 |
Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2) | 1571~ | [2][21] | |
Hernán Pérez de Quesada |
Granadian | 1536–39 1540–42 |
Tairona, Chimila (2) Muisca, Panche Lache (2), Chitarero (3) Achagua, Guayupe, , Inga, Kamëntsá |
1544 | [2][3] | |
Gonzalo Suárez Rendón | Castilian | 1536–39 | Tairona, Chimila (2) zipa, Panche zaque |
1590 | [2][3][22] | |
Juan del Junco | Asturian | 1536–41 | Tairona, Chimila (2) Muisca |
15?? | [2][23] | |
Martín Galeano | Extremaduran | 1536–39 1540–45 |
Tairona, Chimila (2) Muisca, Panche Muzo |
1554~ | [2][3][24] | |
Lázaro Fonte | Castilian | 1536–39 1540–42 |
Tairona, Chimila (2) Muisca, Panche Lache (2), Guayupe |
1542 | [2][3] | |
Juan de Sanct Martín | Castilian | 1536–39 1540–45 |
Tairona, Chimila (2) Muisca, Panche Guane Achagua |
[2][3] | ||
Hernán Venegas Carrillo | Castilian | 1536–47 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Panche | 1583 | [2][25] | |
Ortún Velázquez de Velasco | Castilian | 1536–39 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Chitarero (2) | 1584 | [2][26] | |
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | Extremaduran | 1536–39 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche | [2] | ||
Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela | Castilian | 1536–39 | Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche | [2] | ||
640+ conquistadors ~80% |
mostly Castilian | April 1536 - April 1537 |
Diseases, jaguars, crocodiles, climate, various indigenous warfare |
1536 1537 |
[2][3] | |
Gaspar de Rodas | Extremaduran | 1539–81 | Paez Pijao Nutabe |
1607 | [27] | |
Castilian | 1543–72 | Chitarero (4) | 1572 | |||
Pedro de Ursúa | Navarran | 1545–61 | Panche Chitarero (5) Tairona |
1561 | ![]() |
[note 4] |
Juan Taborda | Extremaduran | 1545–69 | Nutabe | 1569 | [28] | |
Juan Freyle | Castilian | Panche Chitarero (5) Tairona |
[29][30] |
See also[]
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- Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
- Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Notes[]
- ^ Although the country Colombia is named after Columbus, he has never seen the present country of Colombia.
Panama, where he disembarked in 1503, was part of (Gran) Colombia until 1903 - ^ Executed by the Governor of New Granada
- ^ Not the same as Juan Maldonado, who was only 11 in 1536
- ^ Murdered on expedition by some of his men
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (in Spanish) Personajes de la Conquista a América – Banco de la República
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w (in Spanish) List of conquistadors of the expedition led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Banco de la República
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (in Spanish) Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- ^ (in Spanish) Alonso de Ojeda – Banco de la República
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia – Martín Fernández de Enciso
- ^ (in Spanish) Murder of the son of La Gaitana by Pedro de Añasco
- ^ (in Spanish) Baltasar Maldonado – Soledad Acosta Samper – Banco de la República
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.88
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.93
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.94
- ^ (in Spanish) Juan de Céspedes – Banco de la República
- ^ (in Spanish) Biography Juan de Céspedes – Banco de la República
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.69
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.153
- ^ (in Spanish) Luis Lanchero – Banco de la República
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.56
- ^ (in Spanish) Pedro Ruiz Corredor – Soledad Acosta Samper – Banco de la República
- ^ (in Spanish) Juan Tafur – Banco de la República – Soledad Acosta de Samper
- ^ (in Spanish) Martín Yañéz Tafur – Banco de la República – Soledad Acosta Samper
- ^ (in Spanish) Antonio Díaz de Cardoso – Banco de la República – Soledad Acosta Samper
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.173
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.84
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.61
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.144
- ^ (in Spanish) Hernán Venegas Carrillo – Banco de la República
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.xii
- ^ (in Spanish) Gaspar de Rodas – Banco de la República
- ^ Antioquia bajo los Austrias, Volume 1. Accessed 2017-03-08. . 1996.
- ^ (in Spanish) Biography Juan Rodríguez Freyle – Banco de la República
- ^ (in Spanish) El Carnero – semilla de nuestro periodismo – El Tiempo
Bibliography[]
- El Carnero – Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1–598. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2016-11-21. , and . 1979 (1859) (1638).
Further reading[]
- Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada, 81–97. Accessed 2016-11-24. . 1979 (1888) (1539).
- Memoria de los descubridores, que entraron conmigo a descubrir y conquistar el Reino de Granada. Accessed 2016-07-08. . 1576.
- Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias, 1–567. Accessed 2016-07-08. . 1857 (1589).
- Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882–92) vol.1–5. Accessed 2016-07-08. . 1892 (1626).
- Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Accessed 2016-07-08. . 1688.
- Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto – Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, 1–460. Beau Press. Accessed 2016-07-08. . 1848.
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