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Pedro Ruíz Corredor (d. after 1601) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. He searched for ''El Dorado'', returned to Spain, was sent back to the new world, helped consolidate newly conquered Peru for Spain, retired to his fiefdom to raise a family, and lived to a ripe old age.
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Pedro Ruíz Corredor (d. after 1601) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. He searched for ''El Dorado'', returned to Spain, was sent back to the new world, helped consolidate newly conquered Peru for Spain, retired to his fiefdom to raise a family, and lived to a ripe old age.
Biography
El Dorado
The origins of Pedro Ruíz Corredor are unknown. He arrived from Spain in Santa Marta in 1533.Pedro Ruiz Corredor–
Banco de la República
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– Soledad Acosta de Samper Ruíz Corredor joined the expedition of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in the quest for '' El Dorado'', leaving Santa Marta in April 1536.Lista de los que consiguieron el descubrimiento del Reino de Granada con el General don Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, en el año de 1538–
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Ruíz Corredor received the '' encomienda'' of Oicatá and Nemuza.Jaramillo Uribe, 1964, p.287 His brother Miguel was mayor of Tunja in 1591 and 1598.Muñoz Cárdenas, 2014, p.17
Peru
Pedro Ruíz Corredor returned to Spain with the valuables he had obtained in the New Kingdom of Granada. In 1548 he was sent toPeru
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, where he assisted the troops of Pedro de la Gasca
Pedro de la Gasca (June 1485 – 13 November 1567) was a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from 10 April 10 1547 to 27 January 1550.
Biography
Pedro de la Gasca studied at the University of Salamanca and the U ...
and Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso (; 1510 – April 10, 1548) was a Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire. Bastard son of Captain Gonzalo Pizarro y Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) ( ...
. In June 1570, Ruíz Corredor was back in Oicatá and ordered the Muisca of his ''encomienda'', and the villages of Chivatá, Motavita
Motavita is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It covers approximately .Suta, Cómbita and Moniquirá to construct ''
– Geni Elvira's sister Isabel was married to Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano, a fellow conquistador in Colombia.Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar
– Geni The place and year of his death are unknown.
acequia
An acequia () or séquia () is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation. Particularly in Spain, the Andes, northern Mexico, and the modern-day American Southwest particularly n ...
s'', channels for the drainage of the lands.Gaviria Liévano, 2002, p.63 In 1601 Ruíz Corredor is mentioned as he having promised to pay the native people in his ''encomienda'' 200 cotton mantles, but only supplying half of that.Gaviria Liévano, 2002, p.64
Personal life
Pedro Ruíz Corredor married Elvira Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had one daughter; María Ruíz Corredor.Pedro Ruiz Corredor– Geni Elvira's sister Isabel was married to Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano, a fellow conquistador in Colombia.Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar
– Geni The place and year of his death are unknown.
Encomienda
See also
*List of conquistadors in Colombia
This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia. The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into; Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were s ...
* Spanish conquest of the Muisca
* Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish sol ...
, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
* Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
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