Hernando de Luque (Unknown – 1532) was a Spanish

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who travelled to the

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in the 16th century. Luque was born in

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,Leon, 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, but grew up in Luque, Spain. His last name comes from his town being Luque. His English name is Ferdinand ''of'' Luque. Luque left for the Americas in 1514. He arrived in 1514 with the expedition of Pedrarias Dávila to

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, where he met

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. He later met Vazquez who helped him in the conversion of the Incas. Luque acted as an agent for the financial backer, Judge

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, of the joint expedition by

and

Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro (; – July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador known for his exploits in western South America. He participated with Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru. While subd ...

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in 1526.Hemming, J., 1970, The Conquest of the Incas, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., He was named "Bishop of Tumbes" and "Protector of the Indians" in the ''Capitulation'' of 1529. In 1533, Hernando de Luque died in Panama.Prescott, W.H., 2011, The History of the Conquest of Peru, Digireads.com Publishing,

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Year of birth missing 1532 deaths People from Sierra de Cádiz Spanish Roman Catholic priests Colonial Peru 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Peru 16th-century Spanish people {{explorer-stub