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Diego de Roxas or Rojas (1500–1543) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, and conquistador of Central America and South America.[1]
Diego de Roxas | |
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| Born | 1500 Burgos, Spain |
| Died | 1543 (aged 42–43) Santiago del Estero |
| Allegiance | Spain |
| Rank | Captain |
Biography
editBorn 1500 in Burgos.[2] Since arriving in America, Roxas was in charge of dangerous missions of explorations the rivers, in the border of Guatemala and Mexico, Roxas was accompanied by Aborigines of the area.[3] Then he participated in the conquest of El Salvador.[4] In 1536, the Conquistador Diego de Roxas, came to Perú, one of his first missions were under the orders of Governor Cristóbal Vaca de Castro, he demanded the exploration of land south of the region. In 1538 Roxas was Governor of the Province of Charcas, and is designated by Francisco Pizarro, for on a mission of exploration in the Gran Chaco.[5] In 1543 Diego de Roxas, discovered what is now the Ciudad de Córdoba.[6] Roxas participated in the wars against the fearsome tribe Calchaquíes,[7] while he was exploring the puna jujeña, Roxas was murdered in a brawl, which occurred in Santiago del Estero.[8]
Their descendants the General Diego de Roxas y Caravantes was Corregidor in the cities of Cordoba and Mendoza,[9] and Marcos de Roxas Caravantes was Alcalde in Chile.[10] Salvador de Rojas was Captain of militia and resident of Córdoba.[11]
References
edit- ^ Indígenas y Conquistadores de Córdoba. Ediciones Isquitipe. 2008. ISBN 9789870543145.
- ^ Las palabras y el contexto. El habla de las loras de Burgos y su entorno, By José María Fernández Manjón, Desiderio Fernández Manjón, 15 July 2014, ISBN 9788415705291
- ^ Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las en las Islas i tierra, By Antonio de Herrera Tordesillas, 1730
- ^ El Salvador: descubrimiento, conquista y colonización, Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia, 1983, 1983
- ^ la arquitectura en le virreinato del peru y en la capitania general de chile, Juan Beanvides Courtois
- ^ Diccionario geográfico-historico de las Indias, By Antonio de Alcedo, 1789
- ^ Las Guerras Calchaquíes. Sus implicancias, By Cantatore De Frank, Norma M, 2013, ISBN 9789870268093
- ^ España en América "el blog", by Jaime Bel Ventura, ISBN 9781471726934
- ^ Actas capitulares de Mendoza, Volume 3, Mendoza (Argentina). Cabildo, 1974
- ^ Colección de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional, Volume 44, Imprenta de Ferrocarril, 1915
- ^ Boletín del Centro de Estudios Genealógicos de Córdoba, Volumes 30-31, El Centro, 2002