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Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest

Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest

Francis, J. Michael

Paperback

Series: Latin American Originals, Book 1

General World HistorySouth American HistorySpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 0271029366
ISBN13: 9780271029368
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Jan 18 2008
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.64 Depth: 8.51
Language: English

In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spaniards and numerous native carriers and black slaves, the Jiménez expedition was larger than the combined forces under Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro. Over the course of the one-year campaign, nearly three-quarters of Jiménez's men perished, most from illness and hunger. Yet, for the 179 survivors, the expedition proved to be one of the most profitable campaigns of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately, the history of the Spanish conquest of Colombia remains virtually unknown.

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