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Francisco Hernández De Córdoba (discoverer Of Yucatán)
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba may refer to: * Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) (died 1517) * Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) (died 1526) {{hndis, name=Hernandez de Cordoba, Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Hernández De Córdoba (Yucatán Conquistador)
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (; in Córdoba – 1517 in Sancti SpÃritus) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' from Córdoba, known for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were recorded. He died from wounds he suffered during the expedition after battling against Mayan Indians. 1517 Expedition Together with some 110 discontented Spanish settlers in early colonial Cuba, Hernández de Córdoba petitioned the governor, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, for permission to launch an expedition in search of new lands and exploitable resources. This permission was granted after some haggling over terms, and the expedition consisting of three ships under Hernández de Córdoba's command left the harbor of Santiago de Cuba on February 8, 1517, to explore the shores of southern Mexico. The main pilot was Antón de Alaminos,Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, the premiere navi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |