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Born December 29, 1799 or December 29, 1800
Died February 21, 1852 • Colombia
Subjects Of Study Spain • Viceroyalty of New Granada • Western colonialism
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan soldier and statesman
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
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Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
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Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Mariana, detail of an engraving
Juan de Mariana
Spanish historian
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
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José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
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Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official
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Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish military leader
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Américo Castro
Spanish linguist
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Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish explorer
Legazpi, Miguel López de
Miguel López de Legazpi
Spanish governor of Philippines

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