Bartolomé Diez Gallardo y Andrade (''c.'' 1640 – 1699 in Concepción) was a criollo soldier from Chiloé. He is known for leading a 1674–1675 expedition to the fjords and channels of Patagonia, participating in the following year in the Antonio de Vea expedition to the same area and for serving as Governor of Chiloé from 1686 to 1688.

Biography

Bartolomé Gallardo was one of various sons of

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and Bartolina Andrade y Oyarzún, both of whom belonged to the upper echelons of Chiloé's colonial society. From young age he pursued a military career and by 1674 he had reached the rank of sergeant major. Gallardo's 1674–1675 expedition was ordered by the Viceroy of Peru Baltasar de la Cueva.Gallardo 1886, p. 525 The expedition passed by the archipelagoes of

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, Chonos, it entered San Rafael Lake and crossed the

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. It reached as far as the Gulf of Penas (47° S). Indigenous Chono Cristóbal Talcapillán served as guide.Gallardo 1886, p. 533 Lacking a studies in cartography and being prone to believe whatever indigenous informants told him his contributions to the geography of Patagonia are in hindsight considered of poor quality. In the 1675–1676 expedition led by

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he was accompanied by Talcapillán and the

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Antonio de Amparán. In January 1676 de Vea found out that Cristóbal Talcapillán had fabricated his stories about the presence of Englishmen in the west coast of Patagonia.de Vea 1886, p. 578 Defending himself Talcapillán accused Bartolomé Gallardo and his father to coerce him into lying. Talcapillán was eventually convicted to lifetime penal labour and two hundred lashes for giving a false alarm.Barros Arana 1884, p. 120 Gallardo spent his lasts years in Concepción, and he died in the same city in late 1699.Gallardo 1886, p. 526

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;Bibliography * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallardo, Bartolome 1699 deaths Chilean explorers People from Chiloé Province Royal Governors of Chiloé Explorers of Chile 17th-century explorers Spanish explorers of South America Spanish explorers of the Pacific History of Aysén Region Year of birth uncertain