Pedro de Alvarado - 0 views
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This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Pedro de AlvaradoBorn: c. 1495Birthplace: Badajoz, Castile, SpainDied: 4-Jul-1541Location of death: Nochistlan Peak, MexicoCause of death: Accident - FallGender: MaleReligion: Roman CatholicRace or Ethnicity: WhiteOccupation: MilitaryNationality: SpainExecutive summary: Spanish conqueror of AmericasOne of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest
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One of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest of America, born at Badajoz about 1495. He held a command in the expedition sent from Cuba against Yucatan in the spring of 1518, and returned in a few months, bearing reports of the wealth and splendour of Montezuma's empire. In February 1519 he accompanied Hernando Cortes in the expedition for the conquest of Mexico,
