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Also Known As Peeter van der Moere
Born 1486? • Ghent • Belgium
Died 1572 • Mexico City • Mexico
Founder Viceroyalty of New Spain
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican leader
Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov
Russian trader
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide
emperor of Mexico
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Antonio de Mendoza, detail of a manuscript illumination, 16th century; in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
Antonio de Mendoza
viceroy of New Spain
José María Morelos
Mexican priest and revolutionary
Victoria, Guadalupe
Guadalupe Victoria
president of Mexico
Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vicente Guerrero
Mexican leader
Juan Álvarez
president of Mexico
Bravo, portrait by an unknown artist
Nicolás Bravo
president of Mexico
José Gálvez, marquis de la Sonora
Spanish colonial administrator