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[[File:Crown of-Castile.PNG|upright=1.1|thumb|The Spanish Empire<br>('''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'',<ref name=BancoConquista>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/historia/personajes_conquista Personajes de la Conquista a América] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref> [[Rodrigo de Bastidas]], who founded the oldest still remaining city [[Santa Marta]], [[Pedro de Heredia]], who founded the important city of [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] in 1533, [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]], who was the leader of the first and main expedition into the [[Andes]] (1536–1538), with his [[Hernán Pérez de Quesada|brother]] second in command and many other conquistadors, 80% of whom who didn't survive,<ref name=BancoList>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/gennrgun/gennrgun9x.htm List of conquistadors of the expedition led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo>{{in lang|es}} [http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/aaa/bolivar_grimaldos_rafael/conquista_rapida_y_saqueo.htm Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]</ref> and [[Nikolaus Federmann]] and [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]] who entered the Colombian interior from the northwest and south respectively.
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== Conquistadors in Colombia ==
[[File:Conquest of Colombia.png|thumb|left|upright=1.2|'''Exploration & conquest of Colombia'''
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|'''[[Alonso de Ojeda]]''' <small>(1499–1502 & 1509–10)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Francisco Pizarro]] (1509–10)</small>}}
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|'''[[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]''' <small> (1513)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Francisco Pizarro]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Martín Fernández de Enciso]]</small>}}
{{ubl|style=width:342px; border:2px #A626D2 solid; padding:2px; margin-bottom:1px;
|'''[[Pedro Arias Dávila]]''' <small>(1513–1519)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Francisco Pizarro]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Diego de Almagro]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Sebastián de Belalcázar]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Pascual de Andagoya]]</small>}}
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|'''[[Francisco Pizarro]]''' <small>(1515–1529)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Diego de Almagro]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Pascual de Andagoya]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Bartolomé Ruiz]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Jorge Robledo (conquistador)|Jorge Robledo]]</small>}}
{{ubl|style=width:342px; border:2px #0c00ff solid; padding:2px; margin-bottom:1px;
|'''[[Pedro de Heredia]]''' <small>(1532–1538)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Alonso de Cáceres]]</small>}}
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|'''[[Nikolaus Federmann]]''' <small>(1537–1539)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Georg von Speyer]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Miguel Holguín y Figueroa]]</small>}}
{{ubl|style=width:342px; border:2px #1d8222 solid; padding:2px; margin-bottom:1px;
|'''[[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]]''' <small>(1536–1539)</small>
|&nbsp;[[Hernán Pérez de Quesada]]
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Martín Galeano]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Ortún Velázquez de Velasco]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Juan de San Martín]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Gonzalo Suárez Rendón]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Juan del Junco]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Antonio de Lebrija (conquistador)|Antonio de Lebrija]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Lázaro Fonte]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Gonzalo Macías]]</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>Juan Maldonado</small>
|&nbsp;&nbsp; <small>[[Juan de Céspedes Ruiz|Juan de Céspedes]]</small>
|'''[[Hernán Pérez de Quesada]]''' <small>(1539–1541)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Martín Galeano]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Lázaro Fonte]]</small>
|'''[[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]]''' <small>(1569–1572)</small>
|&nbsp;<small>[[Gonzalo Macías]]</small>
|&nbsp;<small>Juan Maldonado</small>}}
<u>Legend</u>:<br>• '''Leader''' – <small>minor captain</small><br><u>Notes</u>:<br>• <small>''>1539 expeditions in [[Orinoquía Region|Llanos Orientales]] not shown''</small><br>• <small>''expedition [[Pedro de Ursúa]] not shown''</small>]]
[[File:Viajes de Alonso de Ojeda.PNG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|A map of exploration routes of<br>'''[[Alonso de Ojeda]]''' <small>(1499–1502 & 1509–10)</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Francisco Pizarro]] (1509–10)</small>]]

[[File:Columbus fourth voyage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|'''4th voyage of Christopher Columbus''', who touched upon later named after him Colombian, now Panamanian lands where he encountered the Kuna people<br>(1502–04)]]

[[File:Balboa Voyage 1513.PNG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Map of exploration routes of<br>'''[[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]''' <small>(1513)</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Francisco Pizarro]]</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Martín Fernández de Enciso]]</small>]]
[[File:Ruta Belalcazar 200.png|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Map of exploration routes of<br>'''[[Sebastián de Belalcázar]]''' <small>(1514–1539)</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Jorge Robledo (conquistador)|Jorge Robledo]]</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Gaspar de Rodas]]</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Juan de Ampudia]]</small><br>&nbsp;<small>[[Baltasar Maldonado]]</small>]]

[[File:AGHRC (1890) - Carta I - Rutas de los conquistadores de Colombia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|'''Routes of conquest''' in Colombia with the former Muisca Confederation in the heart of Colombia in orange<br><small>by [[Agustín Codazzi]], 1890</small>]]

{{Clear}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Name<br><small>leader in '''bold'''</small>
! scope="col" | Nationality
! scope="col" | Years<br>active
! scope="col" | Indigenous people encountered<br><small>bold is conquered</small><br><small><s>conquest failed</s></small>
! scope="col" | Year<br>of<br>death
! scope="col" | Image
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| '''[[Alonso de Ojeda]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1499–1502 <br>1509–10
| <s>[[Wayuu]]</s><br>Kuna (2)
| 1515
| [[File:AlonsoDeOjeda.jpg|center|100px]]
| <ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus4.htm Alonso de Ojeda] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref>
|-
| '''[[Christopher Columbus|{{grey|Christopher Columbus}}]]'''
| [[Genova|Genovese]]
| 1502–1504
| Kuna (1)
| 1506
| [[File:Christopher Columbus Face.jpg|center|100px]]
| {{refn|group=note|Although the country Colombia is named after Columbus, he has never seen the present country of Colombia.<br>Panama, where he disembarked in 1503, was part of (Gran) Colombia until 1903}}
|-
| '''[[Francisco Pizarro]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1509–10<br>1513<br>1515–29
| Kuna (2, 3, 4)<br>'''[[Inca Empire|Inca]]'''
| 1541
| [[File:Portrait of Francisco Pizarro.jpg|center|100px]]
|
|-
| [[Martín Fernández de Enciso]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1509–10<br>1513–17
| Kuna (2, 3)
| 1528
|
| <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05412a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia – Martín Fernández de Enciso]</ref>
|-
| '''[[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1513–19
| Kuna (3)
| 1519
| [[File:Balboa.jpg|center|100px]]
|
|-
| '''[[Pedro Arias Dávila]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1513–19
| Kuna (3)
| 1531
| 
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| [[Pascual de Andagoya]]
| [[Kingdom of Navarre|Basque]]
| 1515–29
| Kuna (4), Inca
| 1548
|
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| [[Diego de Almagro]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1515–29
| Kuna (4)<br>Inca
| 1538
| [[File:Diego de Almagro.JPG|center|100px]]
|
|-
| [[Bartolomé Ruiz]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1515–29
| Kuna (4)
| 1532
| [[File:Los 13 de la Isla del Gallo.jpg|center|100px]]
|
|-
| '''[[Sebastián de Belalcázar]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1514–39
| '''[[Paez people|Paez]]'''<br>[[Pijao people|Pijao (1)]]<br>[[Sutagao people|Sutagao (1)]]<br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#Return to Spain of Gonzalo, Sebastián and Nikolaus|Muisca]]
| 1551
| 
| <ref name=BancoConquista/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| '''[[Jorge Robledo (conquistador)|Jorge Robledo]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1514–46
| Paez<br>Pijao (1)<br>'''[[Nutabes people|Nutabe]]'''
| 1546
| [[File:Retrato de Jorge Robledo.jpg|center|100px]]
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>{{refn|group=note|Executed by the Governor of New Granada}}
|-
| [[Juan de Ampudia]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1514–41
| Paez, Pijao (1), Nutabe
| 1541
|
|
|-
| [[Gaitana|Pedro de Añasco]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1514–41
| Paez, Pijao (1)
|
|
| <ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/gaitana.htm Murder of the son of La Gaitana by Pedro de Añasco]</ref>
|-
| [[Baltasar Maldonado]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1534–52
| [[Inca Empire|Inca]], Paez, Pijao (1), [[Quimbaya civilization|Quimbaya]], [[Pantágora people|Pantágora]], '''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#Conquest of Tundama|Muisca]]''', [[Choque people|Choque]], [[Inga people|Inga]], [[Kamëntsá]]
| 1552
|
| <ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus154.htm Baltasar Maldonado] – [[Soledad Acosta|Soledad Acosta Samper]] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=Carnero_p88>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.88</ref><ref name=Carnero_p93>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.93</ref><ref name=Carnero_p94>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.94</ref>
|-
| '''[[Rodrigo de Bastidas]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1524–25
| '''[[Tairona]]'''
| 1527
| [[File:Rodrigo de Bastidas.jpg|center|100px]]
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| [[Juan de Céspedes Ruiz|Juan de Céspedes]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1525–43
| '''Tairona''', <small>Chimila (1, 2)</small><br>'''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Muisca]]'''<br>[[Panche people|Panche]] (1), Sutagao (1)
| 1573 or 1576
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/><ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus74.htm Juan de Céspedes] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=BancoBioCesp>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus74.htm Biography Juan de Céspedes] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=Carnero_p69>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.69</ref>
|-
| '''[[Ambrosius Ehinger]]'''
| [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavarian]]
| 1529–33
| Tairona, <s>[[Wayuu]]</s><br>[[Chimila people|Chimila (1)]], [[Motilon people|Motilon (1)]], Chitarero (1)
| 1533
|
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| '''[[Pedro de Heredia]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1532–38
| '''[[Zenú]]'''
| 1554
| [[File:Pedro de Heredia.jpg|center|100px]]
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| Alonso de Heredia
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1532–38
| '''[[Zenú]]'''
|
|
| <ref name=BancoConquista/>
|-
| [[Alonso de Cáceres]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1532–38
| Zenú
|
|
|
|-
| '''[[Georg von Speyer]]'''
| [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinatian]]
| 1535–38
| Motilon (2)<br>[[Chitarero people|Chitarero (1)]]
| 1540
| [[File:Musterung-Welser-Armada.png|center|100px]]
|
|-
| '''[[Nikolaus Federmann]]'''
| [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavarian]]
| 1535–39
| Motilon (2), Chitarero (1)<br>[[U'wa people|U'wa]], [[Lache people|Lache (1)]]<br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#Return to Spain of Gonzalo, Sebastián and Nikolaus|Muisca]]
| 1542
|
| <ref name=BancoConquista/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| [[Miguel Holguín y Figueroa]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1535–39
| Motilon (2), Chitarero (1), U'wa, Lache (1), Muisca
| 1576>
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=Carnero_p153>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.153</ref>
|-
| [[Luis Lanchero]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1533–39<br>1541–1559
| '''Muzo'''
| 1562
|
| <ref name=BancoLanchero>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus140.htm Luis Lanchero] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=Carnero_p56>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.56</ref>
|-
| '''[[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada|Gonzalo Jiménez<br>de Quesada]]'''
| [[Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)|Granadian]]
| 1536–39<br>1569–72
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>'''''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#1537 - Conquest of the Southern Muisca|zipa]]'''''<br>'''''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#Conquest of Hunza|zaque]]'''''<br>'''[[Panche people|Panche]]'''<br>Pijao (2)
| 1579
| [[File:Jimenezdequesada.png|center|100px]]
| <ref name=BancoConquista/><ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| <small>Juan Maldonado</small><!--Note: not the same as [[:es:Juan Maldonado (conquistador)]], who was only just 11 in 1536-->
| <small>[[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]</small>
| <small>1536–39<br>1569–72</small>
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2)</small>
|
|
|<ref name=BancoList/>{{refn|group=note|Not the same as [[:es:Juan Maldonado (conquistador)|Juan Maldonado]], who was only 11 in 1536}}
|-
| [[Pedro Ruíz Corredor]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1533–1601
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Inca
| 1601+
|
|<ref name=BancoList/><ref name=BancoRuizCorredor>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus81.htm Pedro Ruiz Corredor] – [[Soledad Acosta|Soledad Acosta Samper]] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref>
|-
| [[Juan de Albarracín]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–1539
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
|
|
|<ref name=BancoList/>
|-
| [[Juan Tafur]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1518–1541
| Tairona, Chimila (1,2), Muisca, Panche
|
|
|<ref name=BancoList/><ref name=BancoTafur>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus242.htm Juan Tafur] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]] – [[Soledad Acosta|Soledad Acosta de Samper]]</ref>
|-
| [[Martín Yañéz Tafur]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1520–1544
| Zenú, Kuna, Panche
|
|
|<ref name=BancoList/><ref name=BancoYanezTafur>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus243.htm Martín Yañéz Tafur] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]] – [[Soledad Acosta|Soledad Acosta Samper]]</ref>
|-
| [[Antonio Díaz de Cardoso]]
| [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]]
| 1526–41
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
|
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=BancoCardoso>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus23.htm Antonio Díaz de Cardoso] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]] – [[Soledad Acosta|Soledad Acosta Samper]]</ref>
|-
| [[Gonzalo García Zorro]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1536–1544
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
| 1566
|
|<ref name=BancoList/>
|-
| [[Gonzalo Macías]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1536–39<br>1569–71
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Pijao (2)
| 1571~
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=Carnero_p173>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.173</ref>
|-
| '''[[Hernán Pérez de Quesada|Hernán Pérez<br>de Quesada]]'''
| [[Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)|Granadian]]
| 1536–39<br>1540–42
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Muisca]], [[Panche people|Panche]]<br>[[Lache people|Lache (2)]], Chitarero (3)<br>[[Achagua people|Achagua]], [[Guayupe people|Guayupe]], [[Choque people|Choque]], [[Inga people|Inga]], [[Kamëntsá]]
| 1544
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| '''[[Gonzalo Suárez Rendón]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–39
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca#1537 - Conquest of the Southern Muisca|zipa]]'', Panche<br>'''''[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|zaque]]'''''
| 1590
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/><ref name=Carnero_p84>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.84</ref>
|-
| [[Juan del Junco]]
| [[Asturias|Asturian]]
| 1536–41
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Muisca]]
| 15??
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=Carnero_p61>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.61</ref>
|-
| [[Martín Galeano]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1536–39<br>1540–45
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Muisca]], Panche<br>[[Muzo people|Muzo]]
| 1554~
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/><ref name=Carnero_p144>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.144</ref>
|-
| [[Zoratama|Lázaro Fonte]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–39<br>1540–42
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Muisca]], [[Panche people|Panche]]<br>Lache (2), Guayupe
| 1542
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| [[Juan de Sanct Martín]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–39<br>1540–45
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small><br>Muisca, Panche<br>'''[[Guane people|Guane]]'''<br>[[Achagua people|Achagua]]
|
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| [[Hernán Venegas Carrillo]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–47
| <small>Tairona, Chimila (2)</small>, '''[[Panche people|Panche]]'''
| 1583
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus255.htm Hernán Venegas Carrillo] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref>
|-
| [[Ortún Velázquez de Velasco]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–39
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche, Chitarero (2)
| 1584
|
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=Carnero_pxii>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.xii</ref>
|-
| [[Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1536–39
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
|
|
| <ref name=BancoList/>
|-
| [[Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela (conquistador)|Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1536–39
| Tairona, Chimila (2), Muisca, Panche
|
|
| <ref name=BancoList/>
|-
| '''640+ conquistadors'''<br><small>~80%</small>
| <small>mostly Castilian</small>
| <small>April 1536<br>-<br>April 1537</small>
| Diseases, [[jaguar]]s, crocodiles, climate,<br>various indigenous [[Muisca warfare|warfare]]
| 1536<br>1537
| [[File:Jaguars.JPG|center|100px]]
| <ref name=BancoList/><ref name=ConquistaGonzalo/>
|-
| '''[[Gaspar de Rodas]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1539–81
| Paez<br>Pijao<br>Nutabe
| 1607
| [[File:Gaspar de Rodas-Busto-Medellin.JPG|center|60px]]
| <ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus22.htm Gaspar de Rodas] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref>
|-
| [[Juan Maldonado (conquistador)|Juan Maldonado]]<!--Note: not the same as the earlier Juan Maldonado-->
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
| 1543–72
| Chitarero (4)
| 1572
|
|
|-
| '''[[Pedro de Ursúa]]'''
| [[Crown of Castile|Navarran]]
| 1545–61
| Panche<br><s>[[Muzo people|Muzo]]</s><br>Chitarero (5)<br>Tairona
| 1561
| [[File:Pedro de Ursua.jpg|center|100px]]
| {{refn|group=note|Murdered on expedition by some of his men}}
|-
| [[Juan Taborda]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Extremaduran]]
| 1545–69
| Nutabe
| 1569
|
| <ref>{{citation |last=Jaramillo Mejía |first=William |year=1996 |title=Antioquia bajo los Austrias, Volume 1 |page=1-1034 |publisher=Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica |isbn=978-958-9004-40-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHZsAAAAMAAJ&q=juan+taborda+Leonor+L%C3%B3pez+de+Santofimio,|accessdate=2017-03-08}}</ref>
|-
| [[Juan Rodríguez Freyle|Juan Freyle]]
| [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]
|
| Panche<br><s>[[Muzo people|Muzo]]</s><br>Chitarero (5)<br>Tairona
|
|
| <ref name=BancoFreyle>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/biografias/rodrjuan.htm Biography Juan Rodríguez Freyle] – [[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]]</ref><ref name=TiempoFreyle>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1026824 ''El Carnero'' – semilla de nuestro periodismo] – [[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]</ref>
|-
|}

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== See also ==
{{Portal|Colombia|History|Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Spain}}
* [[First wave of European colonization]]
* [[European colonization of the Americas]]
::*[[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]], [[Spanish conquest of Petén|Petén]]
::*[[Spanish conquest of the Maya|Maya]], [[Spanish conquest of Chiapas|Chiapas]], [[Spanish conquest of Yucatán|Yucatán]]
::*[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Aztec]], {{Icon|C}} [[Spanish conquest of Honduras|Honduras]]
:*[[Spanish conquest of the Muisca]]
::*''[[Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada]]''
::*''[[El Carnero]]''
:*[[Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations]]
:*[[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
{{reflist|20em}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{citation |last1=Rodríguez Freyle |first1=Juan |last2=Achury Valenzuela |first2=Darío |year=1979 |orig-year=1859 (1638) |title=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 |url=http://www.biblioteca.org.ar/libros/211557.pdf |publisher=Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch |pages=1–598 |language=es |accessdate=2016-11-21 |author1-link=Juan Rodríguez Freyle }}

== Further reading == <!-- in chronological order -->
* {{citation |last= |first= |year=1979 |orig-year=1888 (1539) |title=Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada |url=http://publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/view/3679/3806 |pages=81–97 |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
* {{citation |last=[[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada|Jiménez de Quesada]] |first=Gonzalo |year=1576 |title=Memoria de los descubridores, que entraron conmigo a descubrir y conquistar el Reino de Granada |url=https://archive.org/stream/memoriasobrelasa00uric/memoriasobrelasa00uric_djvu.txt |language=es |accessdate=2016-07-08}}
* {{citation |last=[[Juan de Castellanos|De Castellanos]] |first=Juan |year=1857 |orig-year=1589 |title=Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnEGAAAAQAAJ |pages=1–567 |language=es |accessdate=2016-07-08}}
* {{citation |last=[[Pedro Simón|Simón]] |first=Pedro |year=1892 |orig-year=1626 |title=Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882–92) vol.1–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/tierrafirmeindias01simbrich |language=es |accessdate=2016-07-08}}
* {{citation |last=[[Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita|Fernández de Piedrahita]] |first=Lucas |year=1688 |title=Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reino de Granada |url=http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/Search.do?numfields=1&field1=autor&field1val=%22Fern%C3%A1ndez+Piedrahita%2c+Lucas%22&field1Op=AND&exact=on&advanced=true&language=esEn |language=es |accessdate=2016-07-08}}
* {{citation |last=[[Joaquín Acosta|Acosta]] |first=Joaquín |year=1848 |title=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 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfmJ48NHzDEC |publisher=Beau Press |location=Paris |pages=1–460 |oclc=23030434 |accessdate=2016-07-08}}

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