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Pedro De Anda Altamirano
Don (honorific), Don Pedro de Anda Altamirano (c. 1551 - 27 January 1619) was a Spanish people, Spanish ''conquistador'', oidor, judge, and colonizer of New Spain. As a captain in the Spanish Army, Spanish Colonial Army, de Anda helped lead the Spanish conquest of the Bajío region of Mexico during the Chichimeca War. Following the suppression of the Chichimeca people, de Anda helped lead the colonization effort in the Los Altos (Jalisco), Jalisco Highlands and founded the ''Villa de Santa María de los Lagos'', modern day Lagos de Moreno. History Pedro de Anda Altamirano was born in Spain to family of minor Basque señoríos, Basque nobility. He served as a captain in the colonial army of New Spain, having notably helped lead the Spanish conquest of Chichimeca people in the Bajío region of Mexico. After the conquest of the Chichimecas, de Anda helped lead the colonization of the Los Altos (Jalisco), Jalisco Highlands in the Western Bajío region. In 1563, he and Captain Herna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquistador
Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, Oceania, Africa, and Asia, colonizing and opening trade routes. They brought much of the Americas under the dominion of Spain and Portugal. After arrival in the West Indies in 1492, the Spanish, usually led by hidalgos from the west and south of Spain, began building an American empire in the Caribbean using islands such as Hispaniola, Cuba, and Puerto Rico as bases. From 1519 to 1521, Hernán Cortés waged a campaign against the Aztec Empire, ruled by Moctezuma II. From the territories of the Aztec Empire, conquistadors expanded Spanish rule to northern Central America and parts of what is now the southern and western United States, and from Mexico sailing the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines. Other conquistadors took over the Inca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
