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Also Known As Hernandarias
Born 1561? • Asunción
Died 1634 • Santa Fe
Title / Office governor (1614-1618), Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata • governor (1602-1609), Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Founder Corrientes
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Argentine revolutionary
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Uruguayan revolutionary
Manuel Belgrano
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Argentine military leader
Moreno, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Historical Museum, Buenos Aires
Mariano Moreno
Argentine patriot
José Miguel Carrera
José Miguel Carrera
Chilean leader
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Garci Ordóñez Rodríguez de Montalvo
Spanish writer
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Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
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Francisco Tárrega
Spanish musician
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Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
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Fernando Rey
Spanish actor
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Celedonio Romero
Spanish-American musician and composer
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Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
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José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Alberto Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
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Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
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Miguel Induráin
Spanish cyclist
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer