:''There were two

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

'' conquistadores'' at the start of the 16th-century named Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. The one described here founded

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

. The other led a 1517 expedition which provided the first European accounts of the

Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula (, also , ; es, Península de Yucatán ) is a large peninsula in southeastern Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north ...

: see

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (, Córdoba, Spain, c. 1467 - Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, 1517) was a Spanish ''conquistador'', known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts ...

. Neither of their birth dates are known.'' Statue von Francisco Hernández de Córdoba

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (; c. 1475? – 1526) is usually reputed as the founder of

, and in fact he founded two important Nicaraguan cities, Granada and León. The currency of Nicaragua is named the '' córdoba'' in his memory. Córdoba was an officer of

Pedro Arias Dávila Pedro Arias de Ávila (1440 – March 6, 1531) (often Pedrarias Dávila) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the New World. There he served as governor of Panama (1514� ...

, known also as Pedrarias Dávila.León, P., 1998, The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of the New World Encounter, edited and translated by Cook and Cook, Durham: Duke University Press, Hernán Cortés and Hernán Ponce de León supported Córdoba during the conquest of Nicaragua in 1524, in return for support against Cristóbal de Olid. Dávila considered Córdoba an insurrectionist and a traitor, and finally captured and beheaded him. His remains were found in 2000 in León Viejo, Nicaragua.Article on Latinamericanstudies.org
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* Spanish conquistadors Spanish colonization of the Americas 16th-century Spanish people 16th-century Nicaraguan people City founders 1470s births 1526 deaths People executed for treason against Spain People executed by Spain by decapitation Executed Spanish people History of Nicaragua {{explorer-stub