Mencía Calderón
Mencía Calderón Ocampo | |
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| Born | 1514 Medellín, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain |
| Died | 1564? Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
Mencía Calderón (1514-1564?) was a Spanish noble lady, first expeditionary woman in the Río de la Plata.[1]
Biography
Born in Villa de Medellín, her husband was Juan de Sanabria (died shortly before leaving for New Spain).[2] In April 10, 1550, Mencía Calderón embarked for Americas with a group of hundred marriageable maidens. In the expedition Calderón was accompanied by three daughters, and a contingent of eighty sailors.[3] In 1553, Mencía and the rest of the crew were shipwrecked on the coast of Brazil, place from where they left to Asuncion.[4]
Mencía Calderón was the daughter of Ana Ocampo, relative of Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés and a descendant of Alonso García.[5]
References
- ^ Conquistadoras: Mujeres Heroicas de la Conquista de America. By Carlos B. Vega.
- ^ Las damas del Río de la Plata. By Titina Cubero Macri, Silvia Bayá Carranza.
- ^ Córdoba, Historias de Amor, de Locura, de Muerte-. Mónica Ambort.
- ^ María de Sanabria: De Sevilla a América del sur, 1545. Pasión e intriga en. By Diego Bracco.
- ^ Archivo Ibero-Americano. J. Costa, 1999.