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Juan de Sanct Martín
NationalityCastilian
Other namesJuan de San Martín
OccupationsConquistador
Years active1536->1550
EmployerSpanish Crown
Known forSpanish conquest of the Muisca
Founder of Cuítiva
Founder of Pesca
Quest for El Dorado
Notes

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 (1638) by Juan Rodríguez Freyle and Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada, a work of uncertain authorship.[2][3] 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] Juan de Sanct Martín had confronted the Panche the year before, when he was sent to the west while De Céspedes went south. Due to the resistance of the bellicose Panche, De Sanct Martín returned to the Spanish camp.[4]

Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín

Name
bold is founded 		Department Date Year Notes Map
El Colegio Cundinamarca 1537 [5]
Pesca Boyacá 20 December 1548 [6]
Cuítiva Boyacá 19 January 1550 [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
  2. ^ a b c Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.117
  3. ^ a b Epítome, p.82
  4. ^ Blanco Barros, s.a., p.3
  5. ^ (in Spanish) Official website El Colegio Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  6. ^ (in Spanish) Pesca
  7. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cuítiva Archived 2015-06-03 at archive.today

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Further reading

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