Juan de Sanct Martín
| Juan de Sanct Martín | |
|---|---|
| Born |
unknown unknown |
| Died |
unknown unknown |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Other names | Juan de San Martín |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536->1550 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for |
Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest for El Dorado |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Notes | |
Juan de Sanct Martín, also known as Juan de San Martín, was a Spanish conquistador. Little is known about De Sanct Martín, apart from a passage in El Carnero by Juan Rodríguez Freyle. He took part in the expedition from Santa Marta into the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and founded Cuítiva, Boyacá in 1550.[1] Juan de Sanct Martín headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the Battle of Tocarema against the Panche on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador Juan de Céspedes commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct Martín killed the cacique of the Panche and was hurt himself.[2]
Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín
| Name bold is founded |
Department | Date | Year | Notes | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Colegio | Cundinamarca | 1537 | [3] |  | |
| Cuítiva | Boyacá | 19 January | 1550 | [4] |  |
See also
List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
References
- 1 2 (Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
- ↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.117
- ↑ (Spanish) Official website El Colegio
- ↑ (Spanish) Official website Cuítiva
Bibliography
- Rodríguez Freyle, Juan, and Darío Achury Valenzuela. 1979 (1859) (1638). El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1-598. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2016-11-21.
Further reading
- Acosta, Joaquín. 1848. Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto - Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, 1-460. Beau Press. Accessed 2016-07-08.
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