List of conquistadors in Colombia
Conquistadors in Colombia

List of conquistadors in Colombia

Section Title: Conquistadors in Colombia
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Name leader in bold	Nationality	Years active	American Indians 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	Diego de Almagro.JPG

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	Jaguars.JPG

Gaspar de Rodas	Extremaduran	1539–81	Paez Pijao Nutabe	1607	Gaspar de Rodas-Busto-Medellin.JPG

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

Sentence(s)

Juan Tafur was a conquistador who participated in the conquest of the Muisca people.

final_sentence: Juan Tafur was a conquistador who participated in the conquest of the Muisca people.