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Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish: [ˈxwan de oˈɲate] ⓘ; 1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain.
May 7, 2024 · Juan de Oñate was a conquistador who established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. During his despotic governorship, he vainly sought the mythical riches of North America and succeeded instead in unlocking the geographical secrets of what is now the southwestern United States.
Jul 11, 2020 · The movement for racial justice is toppling statues across America - Robert E. Lee, Christopher Columbus and now the Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate.
Jul 28, 2017 · Juan de Oñate, explorer and founder of the first European settlements in the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico, son of Cristóbal de Oñate and Catalina de Salazar, was born around 1550, most likely in the frontier settlement of Zacatecas, Mexico.
Find out more about Don Juan de Oñate, the Acoma Pueblo Indians and the history of El Paso, Texas. Read about public art and how it's being used in the XII Travelers Project to drive tourism to El Paso.
Jan 28, 2017 · Don Juan de Oñate was born in New Spain around November 1550 and was the son of a wealthy conquistador. He grew up learning the tactics of Spanish Warfare and the stories of many of the conquests.
Jun 27, 2018 · The Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate (ca. 1549-ca. 1624), although considered a failure by his monarch, deserves to be called the founder of New Mexico. The colony he established eventually became one of Spain's most important northern outposts.
Juan de Oñate was not the only nobleman to put in a bid for the position of colonizer, but he was one of the best connected. By the 1580s, his family had a strong reputation in the northern frontier of New Spain.
OÑATE, JUAN DE (ca. 1550–1626). Explorer Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar was born around 1550, most likely in Zacatecas, Mexico. After the 1588 defeat of his Armada, Spain's King Philip II, eager to reestablish his country's prestige and hoping to repeat the exploits of Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, ordered the viceroy of New Spain to ...
Oct 7, 2017 · It was an expedition of colonization since it counted among its members women and children and a large number of cattle, provisions and tools to build. Under that contract, Juan de Oñate was to become the Adelantado, captain general and governor of New Mexico. They did not leave until January 26th, 1598.
