Juan de Sanct MartÃn, also known as Juan de San MartÃn, was a Spanish
conquistador
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. Little is known about De Sanct MartÃn, apart from a passage in ''
El Carnero
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'' (1638) by
Juan RodrÃguez Freyle
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and ''
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 ...
'', a work of uncertain authorship.
[''EpÃtome'', p.82] He took part in the expedition from Santa Marta
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into the Eastern Ranges
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History Inaugural playing squad (1992)
Honours
*Premiers (2): 2002, 2013
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of the Colombian Andes
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led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
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and founded CuÃtiva, Boyacá in 1550.[List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]
- Banco de la República
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Juan de Sanct MartÃn headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the Battle of Tocarema
The Battle of Tocarema (Spanish: ''Batalla de Tocarema'') was fought between an alliance of the troops of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and ''zipa'' of the Muisca Sagipa of the southern Muisca Confederation and the indigenous ...
against the Panche on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador Juan de Céspedes commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct MartÃn killed the ''cacique'' of the Panche and was hurt himself.[RodrÃguez Freyle, 1638, p.117] Juan de Sanct MartÃn had confronted the Panche the year before, when he was sent to the west while De Céspedes went south. Due to the resistance of the bellicose Panche, De Sanct MartÃn returned to the Spanish camp.[Blanco Barros, s.a., p.3]
Conquest by Juan de Sanct MartÃn
See also
*List of conquistadors in Colombia
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*Spanish conquest of the Muisca
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*''El Dorado
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*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 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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