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Martín Galeano (?,
Valencia del Mombuey Valencia del Mombuey is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 839 and an area of 75 km². See also * List of municipalities in Badajoz This is a list of the municipalities in the province of B ...
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Biography

Martín Galeano was born in
Valencia del Mombuey Valencia del Mombuey is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 839 and an area of 75 km². See also * List of municipalities in Badajoz This is a list of the municipalities in the province of B ...
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or Genoa and had one brother, Pedro Galeano, and one sister, Ángela Jiménez Galeano. He married twice: with an unnamed woman; and with Isabel Juan de Meteller, formerly married to Pedro Ortuño Royo. With the unnamed woman, Galeano had one daughter; Marina, or Martina, Galeano, who became an encomendera.Martín Galeano
- GeniUnnamed wife of Martín Galeano
- GeniIsabel Juan de Meteller
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Conquest by Martín Galeano


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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 ...
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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 ...
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'' * Spanish conquest of the Guane,
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 ...
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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 ...
,
Guane Guane is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1602. Geography The wards of the municipality include Punta de La Sierra, Portales, Guane 1, Guane 2, Combate la Teneria, Isabel Rubio, Sabalo, and Moll ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galeano, Martin Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Spanish explorers Spanish conquistadors Extremaduran conquistadors Spanish city founders Encomenderos Spanish conquest of the Muisca Spanish people of Italian descent Viceroyalty of Peru people