Benalcazar, Sebastian de, 1495-1551?

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Name (Latin)
Benalcazar, Sebastian de, 1495-1551?
Other forms of name
Moyano, Sebastian, 1495-1551?
Belalcalzar, Sebastian De, 1495-1551?
Date of birth
1490
Date of death
1551
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 50026501
Wikidata: Q332070
Library of congress: n 85225670
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Wikipedia description:

Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan de βelalˈkaθaɾ]; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. Belalcázar led expeditions in present-day Ecuador and Colombia and died of natural causes after being sentenced to death in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia in 1551.

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