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Encyclopedia > Pánfilo de Narváez

Pánfilo de Narváez (1480? - 1528) was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. Events Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. ...


Narváez was born in Castile (in Cuéllar or Valladolid in 1480. In 1512 he went to Cuba to participate in the conquest of that island under the command of [[Diego de Velázquez. He led expeditions to the eastern end of that island in the company of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan de Grijalva. After living on Hispaniola and Cuba, as well as taking part in the 1509 conquest of Jamaica, Narváez was sent to Mexico as Velazquez's agent to undermine Hernán Cortés' ambitions there. Suspected of insubordination, Hernán Cortés imprisoned him in Veracruz or Zempoala during the early 1520s. After his release he returned to Spain. A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... This article deals with the Spanish city. ... Events Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ravenna. ... A conquest is the act of conquering a foreign land, usually for its assimilation into a larger federation or empire. ... A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ... Bartolomé de Las Casas Bartolomé de Las Casas ( 1484 – July 17, 1566) was a 16th century Spanish priest, the first ordained in the New World and the first Bishop of Chiapas. ... Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in Cuéllar - January 21, 1527) was a Spanish conquistador. ... Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba. ... The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ... Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean Sea, located south of Cuba and to the west of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Look up Agent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An agent is an autonomous entity with an ontological commitment and agenda of its own. ... -1... -1... Veracruz is the name of both a state in Mexico and that states largest city. ...


Narváez was subsequently appointed adelantado (governor) of Florida by King Charles V. His expedition to the New World was a notorious disaster culminating in the death of almost all its members, including Narváez, but notably sparing Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. State nickname: Everglade State, Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... Charles (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516_1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V (Carlos Quinto or Carlos V) in Spain and Latin America. ... The New World is one of the names used for the continents of North and South America and adjacent islands collectively, in use since the 16th century. ... Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. ...



 

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