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Name:	Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Birth Date:	c. 1465
Death Date:	1523
Place of Birth:	Cuéllar, Spain
Nationality:	Spanish
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	conqueror, soldier, administrator

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (ca. 1465-1523) was a Spanish conqueror who founded Cuba and was indirectly responsible for the conquest of Aztec Mexico and Mayan Yucatán. Cuéllar near Segovia was the birthplace of Diego...

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1460?-1524 Spanish conquistador and colonial official who was commissioned by the Spanish Crown to colonize Cuba, which he conquered in 1512. After sailing to the West Indies with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage of exploration (1493),...

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465, Cuéllar, Spain – ca. June 12, 1524, Santiago de Cuba) was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed Cuba for...

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

About 4 pages (1,078 words) in 4 products