Juan de Oñate
Deceased Person
1550 – 1630
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Who was Juan de Oñate?
Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Spanish Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there. Oñate founded settlements within the province and in the present day American Southwest.
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- Born
- 1550
Zacatecas - Also known as
- Juan de Onate
- Nationality
- Spain
- Died
- 1630
Guadalcanal, Seville
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on July 23, 2013
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