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Diego de Losada y Cabeza de Vaca (1511 – 1569) was a Spanish conquistador and the founder of Santiago de León de Caracas, the current capital of Venezuela. [1] Losada was born in Rionegro del Puente, in what is now the province of Zamora. He reached Puerto Rico in 1533.
Diego de Losada y Cabeza de Vaca (Rionegro del Puente, Zamora, 1511 – Borburata, Carabobo, 1569) fue un conquistador español, nacido en Rionegro del Puente (Zamora) en fecha incierta aunque algunos autores indican el año 1511. Conocido por ser el fundador de Caracas, la capital de Venezuela, después de los intentos fallidos de Francisco ...
Diego de Losada (b. 1511; d. 1569), Spanish conquistador and founder of Caracas, Venezuela. Losada traveled to America as part of the conquistador armies. He passed through Puerto Rico and later, in 1533, joined Antonio Sendeño's expedition on the Meta River.
…region began in 1566, and Diego de Losada is credited with the actual founding of the city in 1567. He named it Santiago de León de Caracas in honour of the apostle James, who is the patron saint of Spain, Don Pedro Ponce de León, who was the provincial governor,… Read More
Sep 17, 2024 · The conquest and resettlement of the region began in 1566, and Diego de Losada is credited with the actual founding of the city in 1567. He named it Santiago de León de Caracas in honour of the apostle James, who is the patron saint of Spain, Don Pedro Ponce de León, who was the provincial governor, and the Caracas Indians, who inhabited the ...
Diego de Losada, cuya figura emerge en un contexto lleno de desafíos y oportunidades, se distingue como un líder capaz y visionario en el escenario de la conquista española.
Dec 7, 2020 · In 1567, the conqueror Diego de Losada entered the Valley of Caracas from the west and founded the city of Santiago de León de Caracas (Nectario María Citation 1979, 111–29). The confederated indigenous peoples of the region under the chief Guaicaipuro commenced their last and unsuccessful offensive against the conquerors at the beginning ...
