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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (Spanish: [gonˈθalo xiˈmeneθ ðe keˈsaða]; 1509 – 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (born c. 1495, Córdoba or Granada, Spain—died Feb. 16, 1579, Mariquita, New Granada [now in Colombia]) was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that won the region of New Granada (Colombia) for Spain.
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, también descrito como Ximénez de Quesada (Granada o Córdoba, [1] España, 1509-Mariquita, Provincia de Mariquita, Nuevo Reino de Granada, 16 de febrero de 1579) fue un abogado, adelantado y conquistador español con el rango de Teniente General que conquistó el territorio al que llamó Nuevo Reino de Granada, de ...
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. (Granada, España, 1509 - Mariquita, Colombia, 1579) Conquistador y cronista español, descubridor del reino de Nueva Granada (actual Colombia) y fundador de su capital, Santa Fe de Bogotá. Frente a las colosales figuras de Cristóbal Colón, Hernán Cortés o Francisco Pizarro, el nombre de Gonzalo Jiménez de ...
May 18, 2018 · Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509-1579) was a major Spanish conquistador. His conquest of the Chibchas brought one of the important American culture areas under Spanish rule. Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was born at Cordova, probably of a converted Jewish family.
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ( b. 1509; d. 16 February 1579), Spanish conquistador. Jiménez was born into a Jewish converso family in Córdoba, which had moved to Granada by 1522. Both he and his father were lawyers who practiced before the Audiencia in Granada.
"Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada" published on by null. (c. 1506–1579),Spanish explorer of South America. Born in Córdoba or Granada, Spain, and educated in law at the University of Salamanca, Quesada was shaped by the exploration of the ...
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