Baltasar Maldonado information

Baltasar Maldonado
Baltasar Maldonado
Born	c. 1510
Died	1552 (aged 41–42); Bogotá, New Kingdom of Granada
Nationality	Castilian
Occupations	Conquistador
Years active	1536-1552
Known for	Spanish conquest of the Muisca; Defeat of Tundama; Quest for El Dorado
Spouse	Leonor de Carvajal y Mendoza
Children	4
Parent	Francisco Maldonado (father);
Relatives	Jorge Robledo (brother-in-law)

Baltasar Maldonado, also written as Baltazar Maldonado,^[1] (c.1510, Salamanca, Castile – 1552, Santafé de Bogotá, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who first served under Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and later in the army of Hernán Pérez de Quesada in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 1539, Maldonado defeated the last ruling Cacique (chieftain) of the Muisca, Saymoso (called "Tundama" by the Spaniards). Maldonado took part in a quest for El Dorado led by Hernán Pérez de Quesada in the southern regions of present-day Colombia. After this failed expedition, Maldonado went to Popayán and Cali and traveled back to Santafé de Bogotá, the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada where he died in 1552.^[2]

The adventures of Maldonado during the first half of the 16th century have been described by scholars Juan de Castellanos, and Juan Rodríguez Freyle in his work El Carnero.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ (in Spanish) Despoblamiento y repoblamiento del noroccidente – Banco de la República
^ ^a ^b (in Spanish) Biography Baltasar Maldonado – Soledad Acosta Samper – Banco de la República
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[BancoPobla-1] (in Spanish) Despoblamiento y repoblamiento del noroccidente – Banco de la República

[BancoBaltasarMaldonado-2] (in Spanish) Biography Baltasar Maldonado – Soledad Acosta Samper – Banco de la República

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