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Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478, died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain, he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier.
Panfilo de Narváez (born c. 1478, Valladolid, Castile [Spain]—died November 1528, Gulf of Mexico) was a Spanish conquistador, colonial official, and explorer. Narváez entered military service as a youth and arrived in Jamaica as one of the island’s first settlers.
Oct 28, 2019 · Panfilo de Narvaez's expedition to Florida in 1527-28 was a disaster; of the 300 men who landed with Narvaez in Florida, only four survived.
May 21, 2018 · The Spanish soldier and explorer Pánfilo de Narváez (1478?-1528) participated in the conquests of Jamaica and Cuba and led an ill-fated expedition to colonize Florida. Pánfilo de Narváez was born in Valladolid.
Panfilo de Narvaez was a Spanish explorer and soldier who helped conquer Cuba in 1511 and led a Spanish royal expedition to North America in 1527. After surviving a hurricane near Cuba, his expedition landed on the west coast of Florida , near Tampa Bay, in April 1528, claiming the land for Spain.
Pánfilo de Narváez ( b. ca. 1478/80; d. 1528), Spanish soldier. Born in Valmanzano, Segovia, Spain, Narváez came to the New World around 1498. A veteran of military engagements in Jamaica, he helped to lead the bloody conquest of Cuba in 1510–1514.
May 1, 1995 · He was a favorite of the king of Spain but is described by a twentieth-century historian as a man of little ability, judgment, or foresight. In 1527 he was given the authority to conquer and govern Spanish provinces from the Río de las Palmas (the Rio Grande) to the Cape of Florida.
Pánfilo de Narváez. (Valladolid, 1470 - golfo de México, 1528) Conquistador español. Tomó parte en la conquista de Cuba (1512) a las órdenes de Velázquez. Posteriormente fue enviado por éste a México para someter a Cortés, que le atacó en Cempoala, lo hizo prisionero (1520) y lo mantuvo encarcelado tres años.
When he was sent to fetch the rebellious Cortés in Mexico in 1520, most of his men deserted, and he lost an eye in the ensuing battle. Leading an expedition to Florida in 1528, he ignored advice from his lieutenant, Cabeza de Vaca, divided his forces, and was lost at sea trying to return to Cuba in makeshift boats.
The Spanish soldier and adventurer Pánfilo de Narváez took part in the expedition that conquered Cuba. He was also one of the earliest European explorers of Florida. Narváez was born in about 1478 in Valladolid, Spain. As a young man, he entered military service and became one of the first Spanish settlers of Jamaica.
