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Also Known As Pedrarias • Pedro Arias de Ávila
Born 1440? • Segovia • Spain
Died March 6, 1531 • León
Founder Panama City
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Narváez, Panfilo de
Panfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish military leader
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish explorer
Legazpi, Miguel López de
Miguel López de Legazpi
Spanish governor of Philippines
Gaspar de Portolá
Spanish military officer
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
Spanish explorer
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror