List of conquistadors in Colombia

Indigenous peoples of Colombia
Pre-Columbian cultures
Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
Chibchan Nations
Southwestern cultures
SW cultures
Pre-Columbian peoples, civilisations and cultures of four language groups; Arawakan, Carib, Chibcha, and the isolated Páez language, existed in Colombia with after the Muisca, the Tairona, Calima, Quimbaya and Zenú as important ones
Spanish Empire
(1500)

This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia. The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into; Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were separate states at the time of birth of the early conquistadors. Important conquistadors and explorers were Alonso de Ojeda, who landed first at Colombian soil and founded the first settlement Santa Cruz,[1] Rodrigo de Bastidas, who founded the oldest still remaining city Santa Marta, Pedro de Heredia, who founded the important city of Cartagena in 1533, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who was the leader of the first and main expedition into the Andes (1536-1538), with his brother second in command and many other conquistadors, 80% of whom who didn't survive,[2][3] and Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar who entered the Colombian interior from the northwest and south respectively.

Conquistadors in Colombia

Map of exploration routes of
Alonso de Ojeda (1499-1502 & 1509-10)
 Francisco Pizarro (1509-10)
4th voyage of Christopher Columbus, who touched upon later named after him Colombian, now Panamanian lands where he encountered the Kuna people
(1502-04)
Map of exploration routes of
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)
 Francisco Pizarro
 Martín Fernández de Enciso
Exploration & conquest of Colombia
Legend:
• Leader - minor captain
Notes:
• >1539 expeditions in Llanos Orientales not shown
• expedition Pedro de Ursúa not shown
Map of exploration routes of
Sebastián de Belalcázar (1514-1539)
 Jorge Robledo
 Gaspar de Rodas
 Juan de Ampudia
 Baltasar Maldonado
Routes of conquest in Colombia with the former Muisca Confederation in the heart of Colombia in orange
by Agustín Codazzi, 1890
Name
leader in bold		 Nationality Years
active		 Natives encountered
bold is conquered
conquest failed		 Year
of
death		 Image Notes
Alonso de Ojeda Castilian 1499-1502
1509-10		 Wayuu
Kuna (2)		 1515
[4]
Christopher Columbus Genovese 1502-1504 Kuna (1) 1506
[note 1]
Francisco Pizarro Castilian 1509-10
1513
1515-29		 Kuna (2, 3, 4)
Inca		 1541
Martín Fernández de Enciso Castilian 1509-10
1513-17		 Kuna (2, 3) 1528 [5]
Vasco Núñez de Balboa Castilian 1513-19 Kuna (3) 1519
Pedro Arias Dávila Castilian 1513-19 Kuna (3) 1531
[1]
Pascual de Andagoya Basque 1515-29 Kuna (4), Inca 1548 [1]
Diego de Almagro Castilian 1515-29 Kuna (4)
Inca		 1538
Bartolomé Ruiz Castilian 1515-29 Kuna (4) 1532
Sebastián de Belalcázar Castilian 1514-39 Paez
Pijao (1)
Sutagao (1)
Muisca		 1551
[1][3]
Jorge Robledo Castilian 1514-46 Paez
Pijao (1)
Nutabe		 1546
[1][note 2]
Juan de Ampudia Castilian 1514-41 Paez, Pijao (1), Nutabe 1541
Pedro de Añasco Castilian 1514-41 Paez, Pijao (1) [6]
Baltasar Maldonado Castilian 1534-52 Inca, Paez, Pijao (1), Quimbaya, Pantágora, Muisca, Choque, Inga, Kamëntsá 1552 [7][8][9][10]
Rodrigo de Bastidas Castilian 1524-25 Tairona 1527
[1]
Juan de Céspedes Castilian 1525-43 Tairona, Chimila (1, 2)
Muisca
Panche (1), Sutagao (1)		 1573 or 1576 [2][3][11][12][13]
Ambrosius Ehinger Bavarian 1529-33 Tairona, Wayuu
Chimila (1), Motilon (1), Chitarero (1)		 1533 [1]
Pedro de Heredia Castilian 1532-38 Zenú 1554
[1]
Alonso de Heredia Castilian 1532-38 Zenú [1]
Alonso de Cáceres Castilian 1532-38 Zenú
Georg von Speyer Palatinatian 1535-38 Motilon (2)
Chitarero (1)		 1540
Nikolaus Federmann Bavarian 1535-39 Motilon (2), Chitarero (1)
U'wa, Lache (1)
Muisca		 1542 [1][3]
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa Castilian 1535-39 Motilon (2), Chitarero (1), U'wa, Lache (1), Muisca 1576> [2][14]
Luis Lanchero Castilian 1533-39
1541-1559		 Muzo 1562 [15][16]
Gonzalo Jiménez
de Quesada		 Granadian 1536-39
1569-72		 Tairona, Chimila (2)
zipa
zaque
Panche
Pijao (2)		 1579
[1][2][3]
Juan Maldonado Castilian 1536-39
1569-72		 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2) [2][note 3]
Pedro Ruiz Corredor Castilian 1533-39
1548-??		 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Inca [2][17]
Gonzalo Macías Castilian 1536-39
1569-71		 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2) 1571~ [2][18]
Hernán Pérez
de Quesada		 Granadian 1536-39
1540-42		 Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Lache (2), Chitarero (3)
Achagua, Guayupe, Choque, Inga, Kamëntsá		 1544 [2][3]
Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Castilian 1536-39 Tairona, Chimila (2)
zipa, Panche
zaque		 1590 [2][3][19]
Martín Galeano Castilian 1536-39
1540-45		 Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Muzo		 1554~ [2][3][20]
Lázaro Fonte Castilian 1536-39
1540-42		 Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Lache (2), Guayupe		 1542 [2][3]
Juan de Sanct Martín Castilian 1536-39
1540-45		 Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Guane
Achagua		 [2][3]
Hernán Venegas Carrillo Castilian 1536-47 Tairona, Chimila (2), Guane, Panche 1583 [2][21]
Ortún Velázquez de Velasco Castilian 1536-39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Chitarero (2) 1584 [2][22]
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano Castilian 1536-39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche [2]
Antonio Díaz de Quesada Castilian 1536-39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche [2]
Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela Castilian 1536-39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche [2]
640+ conquistadors
~80%		 mostly Castilian April 1536
-
April 1537		 Diseases, jaguars, crocodiles, climate,
various indigenous warfare		 1536
1537
[2][3]
Gaspar de Rodas Castilian 1539-81 Paez
Pijao
Nutabe		 1607
[23]
Juan Maldonado Castilian 1543-72 Chitarero (4) 1572
Pedro de Ursúa Navarran 1545-61 Panche
Muzo
Chitarero (5)
Tairona		 1561
[note 4]
Juan Freyle Castilian Panche
Muzo
Chitarero (5)
Tairona		 [24][25]

See also

First wave of European colonization
European colonization of the Americas
Spanish conquest of Guatemala, Petén
Maya, Chiapas, Yucatán
Aztec, Honduras
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Carnero
Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the country Colombia is named after Columbus, he has never seen the present country of Colombia.
    Panama, where he disembarked in 1503, was part of (Gran) Colombia until 1903
  2. ↑ Executed by the Governor of New Granada
  3. ↑ Not the same as Juan Maldonado, who was only 11 in 1536
  4. ↑ Murdered on expedition by some of his men

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (Spanish) Personajes de la Conquista a América - Banco de la República
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (Spanish) List of conquistadors of the expedition led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (Spanish) Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
  4. ↑ (Spanish) Alonso de Ojeda - Banco de la República
  5. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia - Martín Fernández de Enciso
  6. ↑ (Spanish) Murder of the son of La Gaitana by Pedro de Añasco
  7. ↑ (Spanish) Baltasar Maldonado - Soledad Acosta Samper - Banco de la República
  8. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.88
  9. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.93
  10. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.94
  11. ↑ (Spanish) Juan de Céspedes - Banco de la República
  12. ↑ (Spanish) Biography Juan de Céspedes - Banco de la República
  13. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.69
  14. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.153
  15. ↑ (Spanish) Luis Lanchero - Banco de la República
  16. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.56
  17. ↑ (Spanish) Pedro Ruiz Corredor - Soledad Acosta Samper - Banco de la República
  18. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.173
  19. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.84
  20. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.144
  21. ↑ (Spanish) Hernán Venegas Carrillo - Banco de la República
  22. ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.xii
  23. ↑ (Spanish) Gaspar de Rodas - Banco de la República
  24. ↑ (Spanish) Biography Juan Rodríguez Freyle - Banco de la República
  25. ↑ (Spanish) El Carnero - semilla de nuestro periodismo - El Tiempo

Bibliography

Further reading

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