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Alonso de Ojeda ( Spanish pronunciation: [aˈlonso ðe oˈxeða]; c. 1466 – c. 1515) was a Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador. He travelled through modern-day Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba and Colombia, at times with Amerigo Vespucci and Juan de la Cosa. He is famous for having named Venezuela, which he ...
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- Naming Venezuela, first European to visit Lake Maracaibo, founder of Santa Cruz (La Guairita)
In Vasco Núñez de Balboa: Career in the New World. …to a colony founded by Alonso de Ojeda on the coast of Urabá, in modern Colombia. The expedition found the survivors of the colony, led by Francisco Pizarro, but Ojeda had departed. On the advice of Balboa the settlers moved across the Gulf of Urabá to Darién, on the less…. Read More ...
Alonso de Ojeda ( b. ca. 1466; d. 1516), Spanish navigator and conquistador. Ojeda traveled with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493 and partook in explorations of Guadalupe and Hispaniola. Years later he obtained permission to travel to the mainland following the route of Columbus's third voyage.
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Alonso de Ojeda ( Torrejoncillo del Rey; 1466 – Santo Domingo; 1515) fue un navegante, gobernador y conquistador español. Participó en el segundo viaje de Colón y, posteriormente, dirigió dos expediciones marítimas (1499 y 1502) por las costas caribeñas que luego serían Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad, Tobago, Curazao, Aruba y Venezuela.
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Alonso de Ojeda. 1466-1510. Spanish explorer who participated in the early exploration and conquest of America by Spain. He accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second American voyage in 1493, and in 1496 he brought natives back to Spain as slaves from another voyage of exploration. In 1502 and 1510, his attempts to establish colonies in ...
Alonso de Ojeda. (Cuenca, 1466 - Santo Domingo, 1515) Navegante y explorador español, uno de los pioneros en la empresa de conquista que siguió al descubrimiento de América. Acompañó al almirante Cristóbal Colón en su segundo viaje y participó activamente en las primeras acciones para someter a los indígenas de la isla de Santo Domingo ...
Alonso de Ojeda (1466—1515) Quick Reference (1466/70–1515/16), Spanish explorer. He was born in Cuenca and in September 1493 sailed with Columbus on his second ...
