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Gonzalo García Zorro
Gonzalo García Zorro ( 1500 – 1566) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people. García Zorro was ''encomendero'' (mayor) of Santa Fe de Bogotá for seven terms, and received the ''encomiendas'' of Fusagasugá and Fosca. He married three times, twice with Muisca women, and had one daughter, Francisca, and a son, Diego. García Zorro died of wounds he suffered in a duel with Alonso Venegas. Venegas was the son of fellow conquistador Hernán Venegas Carrillo and the grandson through his mother of Sagipa, the last ''zipa'' (leader) of the Muisca, whom García Zorro had helped to kill. Knowledge of the life of García Zorro comes from the works ''Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias'' (1589) and ''El Carnero'' (1638), by Juan de Castellanos and Juan Rodríguez Freyle respectively. Biography Gonzalo García Zorro was born around 1500 in Guadalcanal, at the border between Extremadura and Seville. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalcanal, Seville
Guadalcanal () is a village in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The name was given to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1568. The name was chosen by Pedro de Ortega Valencia who had been born in the village. He was a subordinate of Spanish explorer and navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira. Location and population In 2006 there were 2,970 inhabitants. It has an area of 275 square kilometres and a population density of 10,6 people per square-km. It is at an altitude of 662 metres, in a valley between the Sierra del Agua and the Sierra del Viento, in the region of the Sierra Norte of Seville. Guadalcanal is 80 kilometres north of Seville, it depends to the judicial party of Cazalla de la Sierra. Etymology The name, etymologically, comes from the Arabic phrase ''wādī al-qanāl'', meaning 'river of the stalls' or 'valley of stalls', referring to the refreshment stalls set up there during the Muslim rule in Andal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Lozano
Domingo may refer to: People *Domingo (name), a Spanish name and list of people with that name *Domingo (producer) (born 1970), American hip-hop producer *Saint Dominic (1170–1221), Castilian Catholic priest, founder of the Friars popularly called the Dominicans Music Albums * ''Domingo'' (Benny Golson album), 1992 album by jazz saxophonist/composer Benny Golson * ''Domingo'' (Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso album), an album by Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa * ''Domingo'' (Titãs album), a 1995 album by Brazilian band Titãs Songs * "Domingo" (song), the title song from Titãs' album *"Domingo", a song by Yello on their album ''Stella'' Other uses *Subaru Domingo, the Japanese market name for the Subaru Sumo *Sunday, the first day of the week called ''Domingo'', in Spanish and Portuguese See also * *San Domingo (other) *Santo Domingo (other) *Dominic *Domingos (name) Domingos is the name of: People Surnamed * Afonso Domingos * André Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Carnero
''El Carnero'' ( en, The Sheep) is the colloquial name of a Spanish language colonial chronicle whose title was ''Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogotá, ...'' lso known as ''El Carnero de Bogotá''(English: Conquest and discovery of the New Kingdom of Granada of the West Indies sea, and foundation of the city of Holy Faith of Bogota). It is a chronicle of history and customs written in 1636-1638 (but not published until 1859) by Bogota-born Juan Rodríguez Freyle. Contents ''El Carnero'' tells the story of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca; the early exploration of northern South America and the establishment of the New Kingdom of Granada, currently Colombia and parts of Venezuela, and the foundation and first century of the city of Bogotá. Bogotá was the first city of the kingdom to have an established royal audience and a chancellery. It also describes the indigen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elegías De Varones Ilustres De Indias
''Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias'' is an epic poem written in the late sixteenth century by Juan de Castellanos. Description The work gives a detailed account of the colonization of the Caribbean and the territories in present-day Colombia and Venezuela. It describes the settlement companies and foundation of cities as well as vivid depictions of indigenous cultures, such as the Muisca, and natural history, making this text an important early chronicle of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Besides its historical value, it is notable for the use of multiple Renaissance-era literary styles, including the elegy, epic, pilgrimage tale, pastoral romance, chivalric romance and other literary forms. The book contains one of the earliest descriptions of the New World species potato ('' Solanum colombianum''), an unknown plant in the Old World before the discovery of the Americas by Europeans. See also *Spanish conquest of the Muisca *Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zipa
When the Spanish arrived in the central Colombian highlands, the region was organized into the Muisca Confederation, which had two rulers; the ''zipa'' was the ruler of the southern part and based in Muyquytá. The ''hoa'' was the ruler of the northern area and based in Hunza, known today as Tunja. Organization ''Psihipqua'' and ''hoa'' were the titles given to these rulers of the ancient confederation. Neither exercised absolute power, not rigid or strict control over those to whom they owed their power, so that they can be considered kings. However, these positions of power were of great honor and were surrounded by a rather elaborate ceremony. The position of the ''psihipqua'' was such that not even the members of the nobility dared to look him in the face, and it is said if the ''psihipqua'' needed to spit, someone would hold out a piece of rich cloth for him to spit on, because it would be sacrilegious for anything so precious as his saliva to touch the ground. Whoever hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagipa
Sagipa or Zaquesazipa (died 1539, Bosa, New Kingdom of Granada) was the fifth and last ruler ('' psihipqua'') of Muyquytá, currently known as Funza, as of 1537. He was the brother of his predecessor Bogotá but the traditional faction of the Muisca considered him an usurper as his nephew Chiayzaque, the ''cacique'' of Chía, was the legitimate successor of Tisquesusa. His ''hoa'' counterpart in the northern part of the Muisca territory was Quiminza, the last surviving ruler of the Muisca. The daughter of Sagipa, named as Magdalena de Guatavita, married conquistador Hernán Venegas Carrillo, one of the first mestizo marriages in the New Kingdom of Granada.Zaquezazipa - Geni Sagipa appears with alternative names in the Spanish chronicles; Saquesazippa, Saquezazippa, Sacresasigua, Saxagipa, Sajipa and Zaquezazigua. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernán Venegas Carrillo
Hernán Venegas Carrillo Manosalvas (1513 – 2 February 1583) was a Spanish conquistador for who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca and Panche people in the New Kingdom of Granada, present-day Colombia. Venegas Carrillo was mayor of Santa Fe de Bogotá for two terms; in 1542 and from 1543 to 1544. Personal life Venegas Carrillo was born in Córdoba, Andalusia, around 1513. His parents were Diego Ruiz Venegas Manosalvas and Inés Venegas.Hernán Venegas Carrillo – Geni Venegas Carrillo was married twice, first to Magdalena of Guatavita, the sister of (also named Zaquezazipa), the last Muisca '' |
Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the small sword), but beginning in the late 18th century in England, duels were more commonly fought using pistols. Fencing and shooting continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. The duel was based on a Code of conduct, code of honor. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of dueling was originally reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era, it extended to those of the upper classes generally. On occasion, duels with swords or pistols were fought between women. Legislation against dueling goes back to the medieval period. The Fourth Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosca, Cundinamarca
Fosca is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, Cundinamarca, Eastern Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. It is located in the Ubaque Valley with the urban centre at a distance of from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of . Fosca borders Cáqueza and Une in the north, Quetame in the east, Guayabetal in the south and Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca, Gutiérrez in the west. History In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Spanish conquest, Fosca was inhabited by the Mau or Maco and Guaypi or Buchipa indigenous tribe. The Muisca people, Muisca, living north from the area, had a Muisca warfare#Fortifications, fortification of guecha warriors stationed in Fosca to defend themselves from the Guayupe people who inhabited the region south of Fosca.Rodríguez Montes, 2002, p.1639 About the discovery and foundation of Fosca three different versions are given; Nikolaus Federmann would have founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusagasugá
Fusagasugá (; ) or Fusa is a town and municipality in the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located in the warm valley between the rivers Cuja River, Cuja and Panches, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. The municipality has an estimated population of 134,523 as of 2015. The urban region has 108,157 inhabitants. The municipality itself covers an area of . It was founded in 1592 by Spanish priests. The town located some 56 kilometers from the capital, Bogotá; borders Pasca, Arbeláez, Tibacuy, Silvania, Colombia, Silvania and other municipalities of Sumapaz. Its elevation is above sea level, and the average temperature . Toponymy The interpretation of the name in Spanish varies from ''"Mujer que se hace invisible"'' (Woman who becomes invisible) to ''"Mujer que se esconde tras la montaña"'' (Woman who hides herself behind the mountain). However, many people shorten its name to ''"Fusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encomienda
The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military protection and education. The ''encomienda'' was first established in Spain following the Christian conquest of Moorish territories (known to Christians as the ''Reconquista''), and it was applied on a much larger scale during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Spanish Philippines. Conquered peoples were considered vassals of the Spanish monarch. The Crown awarded an ''encomienda'' as a grant to a particular individual. In the conquest era of the early sixteenth century, the grants were considered to be a monopoly on the labour of particular groups of indigenous peoples, held in perpetuity by the grant holder, called the ''encomendero''; following the New Laws of 1542, upon the death of the ''encomendero'', the encomienda end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Bogotá
This is a list of mayors of Bogotá from 1538 to 1570 and since 1910. Encomenderos of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1538–1570) * Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, 1538–39 * Jerónimo de Lainza, 1539 * Juan de Arévalo, 1539–40 * Antonio Díaz de Cardoso, 1540–41 * Juan Tafur, 1541 * Juan Díaz Hidalgo, 1541–42 * Hernán Venegas Carrillo, 1542 * Juan de Céspedes, 1542–43 * Hernán Venegas Carrillo, 1543–44 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1544 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1544–45 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1545 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1545–46 * Juan de Céspedes, 1546 * Juan Tafur, 1546–47 * Pedro de Colmenares, 1547 * Juan Muñoz de Collantes, 1547–48 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1548 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1548–50 * Juan de Avellaneda, 1550 * Gonzalo García Zorro, 1550–51 * Juan de Avellaneda, 1550–51 * Juan Ruiz de Orejuela, 1551 * Juan Muñoz de Collantes, 1551–52 * Juan Tafur, 1552 * Gonzalo Rodríguez de Ledesma, 1552–53 * Juan de Rivera, 1553 * Gonzalo Garcí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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