Francisco de Las Casas

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Francisco de Las Casas

Spanish conquistador

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Central America
Appointment of Pedrarias
Cortés first sent Francisco de Las Casas to relieve the rebellious Olid but then marched to Honduras himself to reprimand Olid. Before he arrived, however, Las Casas and González had united against Olid and put him to death. Cortés’s difficult trip to Honduras thus turned out to be…
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Cortés first sent Francisco de Las Casas to relieve the rebellious Olid but then marched to Honduras himself to reprimand Olid. Before he arrived, however, Las Casas and González had united against Olid and put him to death. Cortés’s difficult trip to Honduras thus turned out to be…
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