Martín Galeano

Martín Galeano
Coat of arms of the Galeano family
Born	unknown Genoa or Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz, Castile
Died	unknown Vélez, New Kingdom of Granada
Nationality	Castilian
Occupation	Conquistador
Years active	1536-?
Employer	Spanish Crown
Known for	Spanish conquest of the Muisca Spanish conquest of the Guane Founder of Vélez, Oiba & Charalá
Religion	Catholic
Spouse(s)	unnamed Isabel Juan de Meteller
Children	Mar(t)ina Galeano (daughter)
Relatives	Pedro Galeano (brother) Ángela Jiménez Galeano (sister)
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Martín Galeano (?, Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz, Spain - ?, Vélez, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador of Genovese descent who is known as the founder of the towns of Vélez, Oiba and Charalá in Santander, Colombia. He took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After the foundation of Bogotá, he was sent northwards into Guane territories.^[1]

Biography

Martín Galeano was born in Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz or Genoa and had one brother, Pedro Galeano, and one sister Ángela Jiménez Galeano. He married twice; with an unnamed woman and with Isabel Juan de Meteller, formerly married to Pedro Ortuño Royo. With the unnamed woman, Galeano had one daughter; Marina, or Martina, Galeano, who became encomendera.^[2][3][4]

Conquest by Martín Galeano

Name bold is founded	Department	Date	Year	Notes	Map
Vélez	Santander	3 July or 14 September	1539	[5][6]
Oiba	Santander	28 February	1540	[7]
Charalá	Santander	23 July	1540	[8]
Simacota	Santander		1551

Gallery

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  Coat of arms of Vélez, Santander

See also

List of conquistadors in Colombia

Spanish conquest of the Muisca

El Dorado

Spanish conquest of the Guane, Hernán Pérez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Guane, Vélez

References

Bibliography

• Rodríguez Freyle, Juan, and Darío Achury Valenzuela. 1979 (1859) (1638). El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1-598. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2016-11-21.

Further reading

• Acosta, Joaquín. 1848. Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto - Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, 1-460. Beau Press. Accessed 2016-07-08.