Monument to Pedro de Mendoza, Parque Lezama, neighborhood of San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Born
c. 1499
Guadix, Granada, Spain[1]
Died
23 June 1537(1537-06-23) (aged 49–50)
Atlantic Ocean
Occupation
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpeðɾoðemenˈdoθa]) (c. 1499 – June 23, 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of New Andalusia.
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PedrodeMendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾoðe menˈdoθa]) (c. 1499 – June 23, 1537) was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first...
today the modern city. PedrodeMendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds", a name suggested by the chaplain of Mendoza's expedition – a devotee...
estuary of the Rio de la Plata in January 1536. After assisting PedrodeMendoza in the first foundation of Buenos Aires, Juan de Salazar de Espinosa was then...
Spanish soldier Jaime Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza (21st century), Mexican doctor and lawyer Pedro Hurtado deMendoza (1578–1641), Jesuit scholastic thinker...
foundation of Buenos Aires by Captain Juan de Garay in 1580 (the first one was in 1536 by PedrodeMendoza), among the first 400 land lots apportioned...
the Spanish Crown. He accompanied PedrodeMendoza on his 1534 expedition to colonize the region between the Río de la Plata and the Strait of Magellan...
don Francisco Pizarro, and adelantado don Diego de Almagro, and don PedrodeMendoza, and Francisco de Camargo have the said governorships, to the said...
Florida 1527: Pedrode Alvarado for Guatemala 1529: Francisco Pizarro for Peru, and PedrodeMendoza for Argentina 1535: Pedro Fernández de Lugo for Santa...
Bahía de Montevideo) is the bay around the city of Montevideo, Uruguay in the Río de la Plata. It was previously named by PedrodeMendoza as "Bahía de la...
Ayre would be later erected in Seville [1]. In 1536, Spanish seaman PedrodeMendoza established a fort and port in current-day San Telmo (about one kilometre...
the Pacific coast. PedrodeMendoza, on whom the country was next bestowed, founded Buenos Aires, but did not venture south. Alonso de Camargo [es] (1539)...
López de Legazpi Diego de Losada Gonzalo Macías Baltasar Maldonado Juan Maldonado Pedro Malaver de Silva Luis Marin Diego de Mazariegos PedrodeMendoza Pedro...
Río de la Plata is a major metropolis, it held no interest for Spaniards and the 1535–36 settlement failed and was abandoned by 1541. PedrodeMendoza and...
and Suipacha) at the request of the mayor Mariano de Vedia y Mitre (appointed by president Agustín Pedro Justo). For its construction, which cost 200,000...
Antonio deMendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to...
served in the militia for a cardinal and subsequently in the army of PedrodeMendoza.[citation needed] As part of the Spanish army, he was sent to Flanders...
Bersthin, natives of Germany. He arrival at Río de la Plata as a gunner in the expedition of PedrodeMendoza. Arnao Esterlin had three natural children with...
Powerhouse") is a cultural centre and auditorium located on the former Don PedrodeMendoza Power Plant ("Usina" in Spanish) at La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires...
Aires by PedrodeMendoza. Dionis was born in Lys, County of Flanders, the son of Johannes de Lys and Barboxa de Leys. He had arrived to the Río de la Plata...
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