Tristán de Luna y Arellano
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Tristán de Luna y Arellano was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition to establish one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tristán de Luna y Arellano canonical | 4 |
| de Luna y Arellano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tristán de Luna y Arellano Context triple: [Pensacola, Florida, founder, Tristán de Luna y Arellano]
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Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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B.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Francisco Javier de Reina
Francisco Javier de Reina was a Chilean political figure who participated in the country’s early independence movement as a member of its First Government Junta in 1810.
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D.
Ignacio de la Carrera
Ignacio de la Carrera was a Chilean patriot and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement as part of its first national governing body.
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E.
Pedro Messía de la Cerda
Pedro Messía de la Cerda was an 18th-century Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator who served as a prominent viceroy in Spanish South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tristán de Luna y Arellano Target entity description: Tristán de Luna y Arellano was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition to establish one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States.
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A.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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B.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Francisco Javier de Reina
Francisco Javier de Reina was a Chilean political figure who participated in the country’s early independence movement as a member of its First Government Junta in 1810.
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D.
Ignacio de la Carrera
Ignacio de la Carrera was a Chilean patriot and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement as part of its first national governing body.
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E.
Pedro Messía de la Cerda
Pedro Messía de la Cerda was an 18th-century Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator who served as a prominent viceroy in Spanish South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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colonial governor ⓘ explorer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfColonists | 1500 ⓘ |
| associatedModernLocation | Pensacola, Florida ⓘ |
| causeOfExpeditionFailure |
hurricane destruction of ships and supplies
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logistical difficulties in resupply ⓘ starvation and disease among colonists ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| colonistsIncluded |
African slaves
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Mexican Indians ⓘ settlers ⓘ soldiers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1519 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1573 ⓘ |
| expeditionCharacterization | ill-fated ⓘ |
| expeditionEndYear | 1561 ⓘ |
| expeditionOutcome | failure ⓘ |
| expeditionSponsoredBy | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| expeditionStartYear | 1559 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Tristán de Luna y Arellano
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Luna y Arellano
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| foundedSettlementAt | Pensacola Bay ⓘ |
| foundedSettlementName | Santa María de Ochuse ⓘ |
| givenName | Tristán ⓘ |
| goalOfExpedition |
create a base for further inland exploration toward Santa Elena and Mexico
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establish a permanent Spanish colony on the Gulf Coast ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Adelantado of Florida
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surface form:
adelantado of Florida
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| historicalSignificance |
early Spanish attempt to colonize the northern Gulf Coast
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leader of one of the earliest European settlement attempts in the present-day United States ⓘ |
| ledExpeditionTo |
Gulf of Mexico coastline
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast of North America
Florida ⓘ
surface form:
La Florida
Pensacola Bay ⓘ |
| legacy | considered an early founder figure in Pensacola’s colonial history ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to found one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States
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leading a Spanish expedition to Florida and the Gulf Coast ⓘ |
| numberOfShipsInExpedition | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
conquistador
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explorer ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boroní, Spain ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Gulf Coast of the United States
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surface form:
Gulf Coast
La Florida ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
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| servedUnder | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
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Subject: Tristán de Luna y Arellano Description of subject: Tristán de Luna y Arellano was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition to establish one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the United States.
Referenced by (5)
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