Diego De Velásquez
1460?-1524
Spanish conquistador and colonial official who was commissioned by the Spanish Crown to colonize Cuba, which he conquered in 1512. After sailing to the West Indies w...
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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (ca. 1465-1523) was a Spanish conqueror who founded Cuba and was indirectly responsible for the conquest of Aztec Mexico and Mayan Yucatán.Cuélla...
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