Pedro de Mendoza

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Spanish conquistador colonial governor explorer human

Pedro de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region and established the initial settlement that became Buenos Aires.

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Label Occurrences
Pedro de Mendoza canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Charles I of Spain ⓘ
surface form: King Charles I of Spain
birthDate c. 1499 ⓘ
birthPlace Crown of Castile ⓘ
Guadalajara ⓘ
burialPlace at sea ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
syphilis (disputed) ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
conflict conflicts with Indigenous peoples in the Río de la Plata region ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
crewSize over 1,000 men ⓘ
deathDate 1537 ⓘ
deathPlace Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
en route to Spain ⓘ
departureCountry Spain ⓘ
era Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery
ethnicGroup Spaniards ⓘ
expedition Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ
surface form: Río de la Plata expedition (1535–1537)
familyName García Hurtado de Mendoza ⓘ
surface form: de Mendoza
fleetSize over 10 ships ⓘ
foundationDate 1536 ⓘ
foundationPlace Río de la Plata ⓘ
present-day Buenos Aires ⓘ
founded Buenos Aires ⓘ
Puerto de Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre ⓘ
givenName Pedro ⓘ
knownFor founding the first Buenos Aires settlement ⓘ
leading the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
militaryRank Adelantado mayor ⓘ
surface form: adelantado
monarchDuringService Charles I of Spain ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Mendoza ⓘ
notableWork first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
conquistador ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata
positionHeld Adelantado mayor ⓘ
surface form: Adelantado of the Río de la Plata

Governor of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
shipDeparturePort Sanlúcar de Barrameda ⓘ
successor Domingo Martínez de Irala ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buenos Aires → foundedBy → Pedro de Mendoza ⓘ
Puerto de Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre → founder → Pedro de Mendoza ⓘ
Querandí people → encounteredBy → Pedro de Mendoza ⓘ