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    Pedro de Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe menˈdoθa]) (c. 1487 – June 23, 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first...
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    Pedro González de Mendoza (3 May 1428 – 11 January 1495) was a Spanish cardinal, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Enrique IV of...
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    convinced Mendoza to return to Europe after a short stop in Buenos Aires. Pedro de Mendoza died on the open sea on June 23, 1537. Juan de Ayolas, who...
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    estuary of the Rio de la Plata in January 1536. After assisting Pedro de Mendoza in the first foundation of Buenos Aires, Juan de Salazar de Espinosa was then...
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  • Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578 – November 10, 1641), also called Puente Hurtado de Mendoza, was a Basque scholastic philosopher and theologian. Pedro...
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    Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana (in full, Spanish: Doña Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda), (29 June...
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    at Carrión de los Condes in Old Castile to a noble family which figured prominently in the arts. His grandfather, Pedro González de Mendoza I, and his...
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    today the modern city. Pedro de Mendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds", a name suggested by the chaplain of Mendoza's expedition – a devotee...
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  • Spanish soldier Jaime Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza (21st century), Mexican doctor and lawyer Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578–1641), Jesuit scholastic thinker...
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  • Hurtado de Mendoza, Castilian nobleman César Mendoza, member of Government Junta of Chile (1973) as chief of Carabineros de Chile Pedro de Mendoza, conquistador...
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  • Ayre would be later erected in Seville [1]. In 1536, Spanish seaman Pedro de Mendoza established a fort and port in current-day San Telmo (about one kilometre...
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    Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (1535–1609) Francisco de Mendoza, Archbishop of Burgos Pedro de Mendoza Rodrigo Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco...
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  • Leonardo Gribeo (category Río de la Plata)
    the Spanish Crown. In 1536, he was part of the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in the Río de la Plata, having an active participation in the conquest of...
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    Río de la Plata is a major metropolis, it held no interest for Spaniards and the 1535–36 settlement failed and was abandoned by 1541. Pedro de Mendoza and...
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    don Francisco Pizarro, and adelantado don Diego de Almagro, and don Pedro de Mendoza, and Francisco de Camargo have the said governorships, to the said...
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    Powerhouse") is a cultural centre and auditorium located on the former Don Pedro de Mendoza Power Plant ("Usina" in Spanish) at La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires...
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    Aires by Pedro de Mendoza. Dionis was born in Lys, County of Flanders, the son of Johannes de Lys and Barboxa de Leys. He had arrived to the Río de la Plata...
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    foundation of Buenos Aires by Captain Juan de Garay in 1580 (the first one was in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza), among the first 400 land lots apportioned...
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    the Pacific coast. Pedro de Mendoza, on whom the country was next bestowed, founded Buenos Aires, but did not venture south. Alonso de Camargo [es] (1539)...
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    and Suipacha) at the request of the mayor Mariano de Vedia y Mitre (appointed by president Agustín Pedro Justo). For its construction, which cost 200,000...
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  • the Spanish Crown. He accompanied Pedro de Mendoza on his 1534 expedition to colonize the region between the Río de la Plata and the Strait of Magellan...
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    The first European colony was the city of Buenos Aires, founded by Pedro de Mendoza on 2 February 1536. This settlement, however, was quickly abandoned;...
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    Monsod 1624 Vicente de Guzman 1625 Pedro de Mendoza 1626 Tomas Hilot 1627 Juan Tolentino 1628 Juan Bili 1629 Juan Tibay Mendoza 1630 Juan Mayao 1631...
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  • López de Legazpi Diego de Losada Gonzalo Macías Baltasar Maldonado Juan Maldonado Pedro Malaver de Silva Luis Marin Diego de Mazariegos Pedro de Mendoza Pedro...
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  • Florida 1527: Pedro de Alvarado for Guatemala 1529: Francisco Pizarro for Peru, and Pedro de Mendoza for Argentina 1535: Pedro Fernández de Lugo for Santa...
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  • 1534 the first voyage of Pedro de Mendoza and with a group of 1,500 colonists, including twenty women, bound for the Río de la Plata region of what is...
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    Mendoza (Latin American Spanish: [menˈdosa]), officially the City of Mendoza (Spanish: Ciudad de Mendoza), is the capital of the province of Mendoza in...
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    Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to...
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    served in the militia for a cardinal and subsequently in the army of Pedro de Mendoza.[citation needed] As part of the Spanish army, he was sent to Flanders...
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    Hurtado de Mendoza inherited the fortunes of his father Pedro. He married the illegitimate daughter of King Henry II, and later married Leonor Lasso de la...
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