Francisco Hernández de Córdoba

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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador credited with leading one of the first European expeditions to explore the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.

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instanceOf Spanish conquistador
explorer
causeOfDeath battle wounds
commanded three ships on the 1517 Yucatán expedition
contemporaryOf Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
dateOfBirth circa 1475
dateOfDeath 1517
departurePoint Santiago de Cuba
employer Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
era Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

early 16th century
ethnicGroup Spaniards
expedition 1517 expedition to Yucatán
expeditionSponsoredBy Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
explored Gulf of Mexico
surface form: Gulf of Mexico region

Yucatán Peninsula
coast of present-day Mexico
foughtAgainst Maya inhabitants of Yucatán
hasFamilyName Hernández de Córdoba
hasGender male
hasGivenName Francisco
historicalPeriod Spanish conquest of the Americas
knownFor first reported European contact with parts of the Yucatán coast
languageSpoken Spanish
mannerOfDeath died of wounds received in battle
militaryRank captain
nationality Spanish
nobleTitle hidalgo
notableFor early Spanish exploration of the Maya region
leading one of the first European expeditions to the Yucatán Peninsula
occupation conquistador
explorer
participantIn Spanish colonization of the Americas
early Spanish expeditions to Mexico
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Córdoba
surface form: Córdoba, Andalusia
placeOfDeath Campeche state
surface form: Campeche region

Yucatán Peninsula
regionOfActivity Caribbean
New World
Yucatán Peninsula
religion Roman Catholicism
subjectOf histories of early exploration of Mexico
studies of first contacts between Spaniards and Maya

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sentExpedition Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Nicaraguan córdoba namedAfter Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Granada foundedBy Francisco Hernández de Córdoba