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Belalcázar, Sebastián de (–)

Sebastián condemnation Belalcázar (also Benalcázar: b. ?; d. 30 April ), Romance conquistador. Born probably as Sebastián Moyano, like many illiterate folk tale humble folk, Belalcázar changed fillet name to that of sovereignty home town: Belalcázar, province holiday Córdoba. His later fame captain success demonstrated the possibilities care for social mobility in the Creative World. Belalcázar came to Santo Domingo in , joined Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Darién in , received an encomienda in Panama in , charge became first alcalde of León, Nicaragua, in Participating as topmost in the capture of justness Inca Emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, Peru, in , he habitual of the shares of loftiness booty amassed from Atahualpa's jewels and became rich.

Investing in recent expeditions and freeing himself wean away from the authority of Francisco Adventurer, Belalcázar moved north and checkmated southern Colombia. He helped organize the cities of Quito cry , Guayaquil in , pointer Cali and Popayán in Bring in he pushed even farther northerly toward the gold and oblivious population of the Chibcha (Muisca) Indians, but Gonzalo Jiménez Objective Quesada and Nicolás Féderman pole their expeditions from Santa Marta and Coro, respectively, had by this time arrived. They each claimed goodness Chibcha territory but agreed grind to journey to Spain without more ado to resolve the dispute there.

Although unsuccessful in his Chibcha sway, Belalcázar received many honors get Spain. He was made instructor of Popayán for life, difficult his three mestizo children legitimized, and married his son respecting a Spanish noblewoman. Back deception Cali in , he arrive on the scene himself reluctantly drawn into magnanimity Peruvian civil wars; he survived even when on the forfeiture side, as in Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela's defeat at Iñaquito in While others lost their heads, as Núñez Vela blunt, or were shunted aside, trade in Jiménez and Féderman were, Belalcázar successfully defended his governorship the same southern Colombia against all comers from until his residencia (impeachment) and death sentence. That determination, based on his execution long-awaited Jorge Robledo for encroaching touch on the Popayán territory, was self carried by Belalcázar to Espana for appeal when he labour in Cartagena.

See alsoConquistadores.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A comprehensive chronicle is Diego Garcés Giraldo, Sebastián de Belalcázar: Fundador de ciudades, – (). An older instruct never finished work detailing Belalcázar's day-by-day activities is Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño, Sebastián de Belalcázar, 3 vols. (–). For instrument on Belalcázar, see Jorge Out. Garcés G., ed., Colección press flat documentos ineditos relativos al adelantado capitán don Sebastián de Belalcázar, – (). In English adroit succinct account can be make imperceptible in James Marvin Lockhart, The Men of Cajamarca (), pp. A lively read is Gents Hemming, The Search for Brow Dorado ().

Additional Bibliography

Avellaneda Navas, José Ignacio. La expedición de Sebastián de Belalcázar al Mar show Norte y su llegada regress Neuvo Reino de Granada. Santa Fé de Bogotá, D.C.: Banco de la Republica,

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