List of conquistadors in Colombia

The Spanish Empire
(1500)

This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia. The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into. Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were separate states at the time of birth of the early conquistadors.

Important conquistadors and explorers were Alonso de Ojeda, who landed first at Colombian soil and founded the first settlement Santa Cruz, Rodrigo de Bastidas, who founded the oldest still remaining city Santa Marta, Pedro de Heredia, who founded the important city of Cartagena in 1533, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who was the leader of the first and main expedition into the Andes (1536–1538), with his brother second in command and many other conquistadors, 80% of whom who didn't survive, and Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar who entered the Colombian interior from the northwest and south respectively.

Indigenous peoples of Colombia
Pre-Columbian cultures
Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
Chibchan Nations
Southwestern cultures
SW cultures
Pre-Columbian peoples, civilisations and cultures of four language groups; Arawakan, Carib, Chibcha, and the isolated Páez language, existed in Colombia with after the Muisca, the Tairona, Calima, Quimbaya and Zenú as important ones

Conquistadors in Colombia

Exploration & conquest of Colombia
Legend:
Leaderminor captain
Notes:
>1539 expeditions in Llanos Orientales not shown
expedition Pedro de Ursúa not shown
A map of exploration routes of
Alonso de Ojeda (1499–1502 & 1509–10)
 Francisco Pizarro (1509–10)
4th voyage of Christopher Columbus, who touched upon later named after him Colombian, now Panamanian lands where he encountered the Kuna people
(1502–04)
Map of exploration routes of
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)
 Francisco Pizarro
 Martín Fernández de Enciso
Map of exploration routes of
Sebastián de Belalcázar (1514–1539)
 Jorge Robledo
 Gaspar de Rodas
 Juan de Ampudia
 Baltasar Maldonado
Routes of conquest in Colombia with the former Muisca Confederation in the heart of Colombia in orange
by Agustín Codazzi, 1890
Name
leader in bold
Nationality Years
active
Indigenous people encountered
bold is conquered
conquest failed
Year
of
death
Image Notes
Alonso de Ojeda Castilian 1499–1502
1509–10
Wayuu
Kuna (2)
1515
Christopher Columbus Genovese 1502–1504 Kuna (1) 1506
Francisco Pizarro Extremaduran 1509–10
1513
1515–29
Kuna (2, 3, 4)
Inca
1541
Martín Fernández de Enciso Castilian 1509–10
1513–17
Kuna (2, 3) 1528
Vasco Núñez de Balboa Extremaduran 1513–19 Kuna (3) 1519
Pedro Arias Dávila Castilian 1513–19 Kuna (3) 1531
Pascual de Andagoya Basque 1515–29 Kuna (4), Inca 1548
Diego de Almagro Castilian 1515–29 Kuna (4)
Inca
1538
Bartolomé Ruiz Castilian 1515–29 Kuna (4) 1532
Sebastián de Belalcázar Castilian 1514–39 Paez
Pijao (1)
Sutagao (1)
Muisca
1551
Jorge Robledo Castilian 1514–46 Paez
Pijao (1)
Nutabe
1546
Juan de Ampudia Castilian 1514–41 Paez, Pijao (1), Nutabe 1541
Pedro de Añasco Castilian 1514–41 Paez, Pijao (1)
Baltasar Maldonado Castilian 1534–52 Inca, Paez, Pijao (1), Quimbaya, Pantágora, Muisca, Choque, Inga, Kamëntsá 1552
Rodrigo de Bastidas Castilian 1524–25 Tairona 1527
Juan de Céspedes Castilian 1525–43 Tairona, Chimila (1, 2)
Muisca
Panche (1), Sutagao (1)
1573 or 1576
Ambrosius Ehinger Bavarian 1529–33 Tairona, Wayuu
Chimila (1), Motilon (1), Chitarero (1)
1533
Pedro de Heredia Castilian 1532–38 Zenú 1554
Alonso de Heredia Castilian 1532–38 Zenú
Alonso de Cáceres Extremaduran 1532–38 Zenú
Georg von Speyer Palatinatian 1535–38 Motilon (2)
Chitarero (1)
1540
Nikolaus Federmann Bavarian 1535–39 Motilon (2), Chitarero (1)
U'wa, Lache (1)
Muisca
1542
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa Extremaduran 1535–39 Motilon (2), Chitarero (1), U'wa, Lache (1), Muisca 1576>
Luis Lanchero Castilian 1533–39
1541–1559
Muzo 1562
Gonzalo Jiménez
de Quesada
Granadian 1536–39
1569–72
Tairona, Chimila (2)
zipa
zaque
Panche
Pijao (2)
1579
Juan Maldonado Castilian 1536–39
1569–72
Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2)
Pedro Ruíz Corredor Castilian 1533–1601 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Inca 1601+
Juan de Albarracín Castilian 1536–1539 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
Juan Tafur Castilian 1518–1541 Tairona, Chimila (1,2), Muisca, Panche
Martín Yañéz Tafur Castilian 1520–1544 Zenú, Kuna, Panche
Antonio Díaz de Cardoso Portuguese 1526–41 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
Gonzalo García Zorro Extremaduran 1536–1544 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche 1566
Gonzalo Macías Extremaduran 1536–39
1569–71
Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2) 1571~
Hernán Pérez
de Quesada
Granadian 1536–39
1540–42
Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Lache (2), Chitarero (3)
Achagua, Guayupe, Choque, Inga, Kamëntsá
1544
Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Castilian 1536–39 Tairona, Chimila (2)
zipa, Panche
zaque
1590
Juan del Junco Asturian 1536–41 Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca
15??
Martín Galeano Extremaduran 1536–39
1540–45
Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Muzo
1554~
Lázaro Fonte Castilian 1536–39
1540–42
Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Lache (2), Guayupe
1542
Juan de Sanct Martín Castilian 1536–39
1540–45
Tairona, Chimila (2)
Muisca, Panche
Guane
Achagua
Hernán Venegas Carrillo Castilian 1536–47 Tairona, Chimila (2), Panche 1583
Ortún Velázquez de Velasco Castilian 1536–39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Chitarero (2) 1584
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano Extremaduran 1536–39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela Castilian 1536–39 Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
640+ conquistadors
~80%
mostly Castilian April 1536
-
April 1537
Diseases, jaguars, crocodiles, climate,
various indigenous warfare
1536
1537
Gaspar de Rodas Extremaduran 1539–81 Paez
Pijao
Nutabe
1607
Juan Maldonado Castilian 1543–72 Chitarero (4) 1572
Pedro de Ursúa Navarran 1545–61 Panche
Muzo
Chitarero (5)
Tairona
1561
Juan Taborda Extremaduran 1545–69 Nutabe 1569
Juan Freyle Castilian Panche
Muzo
Chitarero (5)
Tairona

See also


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