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6 hours ago · Chile’s capital began its construction in early 1541, with a handful of Spaniards and hundreds of natives incorporated in Cuzco to the conquest expedition led by Pedro de Valdivia.
6 days ago · Under the command of conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, the forceful conquest of what is now Chile began. In 1541, he founded the town of Santiago, now Chile’s capital and biggest city. The territory under Spanish rule expanded towards the north and the south and was known as New Extremadura.
5 days ago · Hernán Cortés was placed in command, and his crew included officers that would become famous conquistadors, including Pedro de Alvarado, Cristóbal de Olid, Gonzalo de Sandoval and Diego de Ordaz. Also aboard were Francisco de Montejo and Bernal Díaz del Castillo, veterans of the Grijalva expedition. [105]
6 days ago · The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities in the Yucatán Peninsula, a vast limestone plain covering south-eastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and all of Belize.
2 days ago · By 1540, he was a captain, horseman, and partner in Pedro de Valdivia's company in Chile. He was later awarded an estate in Santiago; a city he would help Valdivia found.
Sep 22, 2024 · Santiago, capital of Chile. It lies on the canalized Mapocho River, with views of high Andean peaks to the east. The city was founded as Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (‘Santiago of the New Frontier’) in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. It was named Chile’s capital in 1818.
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Sep 17, 2024 · Chile: founded in 1552 by, and named after, Pedro de Valdivia (c.1498–1554), a Spanish conquistador who was
