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Pedro Arias de Ávila (1440 – 6 March 1531; often Pedro Arias Dávila) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the New World.
Pedro Arias Dávila o bien Pedro Arias de Ávila o por su pseudónimo Pedrarias (Segovia, 1440-León Viejo, 6 de marzo de 1531) fue un noble, político y militar castellano, destacado por su participación en América, donde alcanzó el cargo de gobernador y capitán general de Castilla de Oro desde 1514 hasta 1526 y el de gobernador de ...
Pedro Arias Dávila (born 1440?, Segovia, Castile [Spain]—died March 6, 1531, León, New Spain [now in Nicaragua]) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator who led the first Spanish expedition to found permanent colonies on the American mainland.
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Conoce la vida y obra de Pedrarias Dávila, uno de los conquistadores más polémicos de América, gobernador de Castilla del Oro y Nicaragua. Descubre su origen noble, sus hazañas, sus enemigos y sus crímenes contra los indígenas.
Pedro Arias de Ávila (Pedrarias Dávila; b. ca. 1440; d. July 1531), Spanish soldier, governor of Panama (1514–1526) and of Nicaragua (1527–1531), and founder of Panama City (1519). Pedrarias was a member of a prominent noble family of Segovia; his uncle was an archbishop and his older brother was the count of Puñonrostro.
Pedro Arias Dávila served as soldier in wars against Moors at Granada, between 1486 and 1492, in Spain, and in North Africa, under Pedro Navarro intervening in the Conquest of Oran, now in Algeria.
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Jul 26, 2019 · The king’s pick, Pedro Arias Dávila (or Pedrarias Davila) was an unlikely choice—he was in his early seventies at the time, and many believed him to be well past his prime. In contrast, he was meant to replace the energetic Vasco Nuñez, the rising star of Panama who had earned the respect of many veteran colonists and local conquistadors .
