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Invading Colombia
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. Through ...
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Nacimiento - Descubrimiento y conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada - Calidad de los conquistadores - Tormento y muerte de Sagipa - Fundación de Santa Fe de Bogotá - De vuelta en España - El reino de las dificultades - El espejismo de El Dorado - Escritor.
Gonzalo de Quesada
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