Pedro de Heredia

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Pedro de Heredia was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for establishing the colonial city of Cartagena de Indias in present-day Colombia.

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Pedro de Heredia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
explorer
human
allegiance Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
conflictWith indigenous peoples of the Caribbean coast of Colombia
continentOfActivity Europe
South America
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spain
dateOfBirth circa 1505
dateOfDeath 1554
deathCause drowning in shipwreck
era 16th century
ethnicGroup Spaniards
founded Cartagena, Colombia
surface form: Cartagena (Colombia)

Cartagena, Colombia
surface form: Cartagena de Indias
hasActivityEnd 1554
hasActivityStart 1520s
hasRelative Alonso de Heredia
Alonso de Heredia
surface form: Antonio de Heredia
influenced development of colonial Cartagena
languageSpoken Spanish
legalIssue accusations of abuse of indigenous people
trials before the Council of the Indies
mannerOfDeath shipwreck
memberOf Spanish nobility
modeOfTransportation sailing ship
notableFor Spanish conquest in northern South America
founding Cartagena de Indias
notableWork urban layout of Cartagena de Indias
occupation colonial governor
conquistador
participantIn Spanish colonization of the Americas
conquest of the Caribbean coast of present-day Colombia
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Madrid
placeOfDeath near the Canary Islands
positionHeld Governor of Cartagena de Indias
regionOfActivity Caribbean coast of present-day Colombia
Governorate of New Granada
surface form: New Granada
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Cartagena, Colombia
surface form: Cartagena de Indias

New Kingdom of Granada
subjectOf biographical studies on early Cartagena
histories of Spanish conquest in Colombia

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Cartagena, Colombia founder Pedro de Heredia
Spanish conquest of New Granada commander Pedro de Heredia