Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso (1495, in
Santa Comba,
Portugal
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–1573 in
Santafe de Bogotá) was a
Portuguese conquistador
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who participated in the
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca people, Muisca were the inhabitants of the central Andes, Andean highlands of Colombia before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They were organised in a loose M ...
people.
Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso is mentioned as ''Cardosso'' in the early chronicles of the Spanish conquest, a work of uncertain authorship; ''
EpÃtome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada
''EpÃtome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada'' (English: ''Summary of the conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada'') is a document of uncertain authorship, possibly (partly) written by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada betw ...
''.
[''EpÃtome'', p.82]
Biography
Birth and name
Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso, whose surnames are alternatively spelled DÃaz Cardoso, DÃaz de Cardozo or DÃaz Cardozo, was born in
Santa Comba in the
Kingdom of Portugal
The Kingdom of Portugal was a Portuguese monarchy, monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal a ...
.
[Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso]
- Banco de la República
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- Soledad Acosta Samper His parents were Diego DÃaz and Marquesa Cardoso.
[Antonio DÃaz Cardozo]
- Geni
American expeditions
DÃaz de Cardoso joined the expedition in search of ''
El Dorado
El Dorado () is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions â ...
'', the journey led by
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (; 1509 – 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory n ...
which left
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito TurÃstico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fou ...
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]
- Banco de la República
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Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso was one of the captains of the three
brigs
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that De Quesada sent up the
Magdalena River
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; the other two were
Gómez del Corral
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and
Juan de AlbarracÃn
Juan de AlbarracÃn (?, Castile – ?, Castile) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca and Panche people. He was captain of the brigs which sailed up the Magdalena River from the Caribbean coast in 1536 ...
.
[Setenta y cinco por ciento sabÃan firmar]
/ref>
From La Tora, present Barrancabermeja, De Quesada sent troops ahead to investigate routes towards the then unknown Andes. DÃaz de Cardoso and De AlbarracÃn found the loafs of high quality salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as r ...
that would lead the conquistadors along the '' Camino de la Sal'' ("Salt Route") into the Muisca Confederation
The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers (''zaques'', ''zipas'', ''iraca'', and ''tundama'') in the central Andes, Andean highlands of what is today Colombia before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, Spanis ...
.[Hallar la sal fue como encontrar El Dorado]
/ref>
Mayortlties
DÃaz de Cardoso received the encomienda
The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish Labour (human activity), labour system that rewarded Conquistador, conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. In theory, the conquerors provided the labourers with benefits, including mil ...
(mayoralty) of Suba, and ruled over 900 to 1000 Muisca
The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The Muisca spe ...
.[Los caballeros de la conquista]
/ref>
Antonio DÃaz de Cardoso was three times encomendero (mayor) of Santa Fe de Bogotá; from 1540 to 1541 between the terms of Juan Arévalo and Juan Tafur
Juan Tafur (1500, Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalusia, Kingdom of Castile, Castile - ?, ?) was a Spanish Empire, Spanish List of conquistadors in Colombia, conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people. He was a cousi ...
, between 1562 and 1563 succeeding Juan de Rivera
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-spea ...
and preceding Alonso de Olaya
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. The original Visigothic name ''Alfonso'' suffered the phonetic change of the phoneme /f/ into the mute /h/ in the Early Middle Ages (around 9th Century), w ...
and from 1567 to 1568 as successor to Antón de Olaya
Antón is a corregimiento in Antón District, Coclé Province, Panama. It is located near the north-western shore of the Gulf of Panama
The Gulf of Panama () is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Panama, where most of east ...
and succeeded by Gonzalo de Ledesma.[ ]
Personal life
DÃaz de Cardoso was married to Felipa Almeida,[ or Felipa de Almeyda Cabral,][ and the couple had two daughters, Marquesa and Isabel Cardozo Almeyda, who married the two sons of Luis Fernández de Acosta.][
]
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
The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca people, Muisca were the inhabitants of the central Andes, Andean highlands of Colombia before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They were organised in a loose M ...
*Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Hernán Pérez de Quesada, sometimes spelled as Quezada, (c. 1515 – 1544) was a Spanish conquistador. Second in command of the army of his elder brother, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Hernán was part of the first European expedition towards ...
*Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (1503, Málaga, Spain, Málaga, Spanish Empire, Castile – 1590 (or 1583), Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador, crusader and conquistador, known as the founder of the capital of Boyacá Department, B ...
, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (; 1509 – 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory n ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz de Cardoso, Antonio
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16th-century Portuguese military personnel
16th-century Portuguese explorers
Portuguese conquistadors
Encomenderos
Mayors of Bogotá
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
1495 births