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Pedro de Gante: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Peeter van der Moere
Born 1486? • Ghent • Belgium
Died 1572 • Mexico City • Mexico
Founder Viceroyalty of New Spain
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Juan Álvarez
president of Mexico
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
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Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican leader
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Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov
Russian trader
Portrait painting of Emperor Augustin de Iturbide of Mexico in a decorated military uniform with epaulets, sash, and medals, standing beside a table with a red curtain behind him.
Agustín de Iturbide
emperor of Mexico
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Antonio de Mendoza, detail of a manuscript illumination, 16th century; in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
Antonio de Mendoza
viceroy of New Spain
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José María Morelos
Mexican priest and revolutionary
Victoria, Guadalupe
Guadalupe Victoria
president of Mexico
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Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa
Spanish soldier and statesman
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Vicente Guerrero
Mexican leader
Bravo, portrait by an unknown artist
Nicolás Bravo
president of Mexico
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José Gálvez, marquis de la Sonora
Spanish colonial administrator