Valdivia, Pedro de, 1500?-1554?
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- BNE in VIAF, March 6, 2014(hdg.: Valdivia, Pedro de, 1500?-1554? source: Espasa (Valdivia, Pedro de; conquistador español; n. en Villanueva de la Serena y m. en Tupaquel (1500-1554))
- Encic. univ. ilus., 1855-1937(Valdivia, Pedro de, b. 1500; d. Jan. 1554)
- Pedro de Valdivia, c1988:p. 125 (b. 1497, La Serena [Spain; birthdate based on information that he was 56 when he died]; d. 12-25-1553)
- The missionary ... 1816.
- Wikipedia, March 6, 2014(Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva; born ca. 1500; died December 25, 1553; Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command. In 1540 he led an expedition of 150 Spaniards into Chile, where he defeated a large force of Indians and founded Santiago in 1541. He extended Spanish rule south to the Bío-Bío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546- 48), and returned to Chile as governor in 1549. He began to conquer Chile south of the Bío-Bío and founded Concepción in 1550. He was captured and killed in a campaign against the Araucanian Indians. The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after him)
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Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe βalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first Governor of Colonial Chile. After having served with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1535, where he served as a soldier under the Pizarro brothers in Peru, gradually rising in power. In 1540, Valdivia led an expedition of 150 Spaniards and 1,000 Peruvian Indians into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous warriors and founded Santiago in 1541. He extended Spanish rule south to the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546–1548), and returned to Chile as Royal Governor in 1549. In 1550, he expanded Spanish rule further south into Araucanía, where he founded the city of Concepción and the eponymous city of Valdivia. He was captured and killed by Mapuche Indians during the Arauco War in 1553.
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