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    Pedro de Ursúa (1526 –January 1, 1561) was a Spanish conquistador from Baztan in Navarre. He is best known for his final trip with Lope de Aguirre in search...
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  • Mexico City. Ursúa took office in Yucatán four years earlier than planned, becoming acting governor on 17 December 1694. Martín de Ursúa was from a line...
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  • Ursúa, Ursua, Urzúa or Urzua is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1717–1779), Spanish military...
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    Orellana's men while on their voyage). In 1560, Basque conquistadors Pedro de Ursúa and Lope de Aguirre journeyed down the Marañón and Amazon Rivers, in search...
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  • 1560 expedition of Pedro de Ursúa down the Marañón and Amazon Rivers with 300 Spaniards and hundreds of natives. The actual goal of Ursúa was to send idle...
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  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    scouting mission, and Ursúa decides to return to Pizarro's group despite the danger from hostile Indians. Aguirre leads a mutiny against Ursúa, telling the men...
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    soldier in the army of Pedro de Ursúa, Rodríguez Freyle knew the cacique of Guatavita and the founder of Bogotá: Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. His major work...
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  • Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa, 2nd Count of Torrepalma (22 November 1657–3 October 1720) was a Spanish noble and academician. He was a knight of the...
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  • Rendón Pedro de Tovar Francisco de Ulloa Martín de Ursúa Pedro de Ursúa Pedro de Valdivia Juan Valiente Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar Ortún Velázquez de Velasco...
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    Hernán Pérez de Quesada (1541) Juan Maldonado (1543–72) Pedro de Ursúa (1545–61) Main explorers and conquistadors Columbus (1502) Alonso de Heredia, Francisco...
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