Born: 1466/1470. Cuenca [died] about 1515. Spanish navigator from Haiti. He followed C. Columbus on his second voyage (1493) and discovered the gold mines of Cibao. From 1499 to 1500, he explored the Venezuelan coast from the mouth of the Orinoco River to Lake Maracaibo in the west with Amerigo Vespucci, and reached the island of Curaçao. From 1408 to 1511, he founded two colonies along the coast of Panama and northwest Colombia with D. Nicuesa. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
[生]1466/1470. クエンカ [没]1515頃.ハイチ スペインの航海者。 C.コロンブスの第2次航海に従い (1493) ,シバオの金鉱を発見した。 1499~1500年アメリゴ・ベスプッチとともにオリノコ河口から西のマラカイボ湖までのベネズエラ海岸を探検し,キュラソー島に到達した。 08~11年 D.ニクエサとともにパナマと北西コロンビアの海岸に沿って2つの植民地を築いた。 出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報 |
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