Juan de Sanct Martín

Juan de Sanct Martín
Born unknown
unknown
Died unknown
unknown
Nationality Castilian
Other names Juan de San Martín
Occupation Conquistador
Years active 1536->1550
Employer Spanish Crown
Known for Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Quest for El Dorado
Religion Catholic
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Juan de Sanct Martín, also known as Juan de San Martín, was a Spanish conquistador. Little is known about De Sanct Martín, apart from a passage in El Carnero by Juan Rodríguez Freyle. He took part in the expedition from Santa Marta into the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and founded Cuítiva, Boyacá in 1550.[1] Juan de Sanct Martín headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the Battle of Tocarema against the Panche on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador Juan de Céspedes commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct Martín killed the cacique of the Panche and was hurt himself.[2]

Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín

Name
bold is founded
Department Date Year Notes Map
El Colegio Cundinamarca 1537 [3]
Cuítiva Boyacá 19 January 1550 [4]

See also

List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

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