Alonso de Ojeda (c. 1465 – 1515) was a Spanish explorer born of noble parentage in Cuenca. His name is sometimes spelled Alonzo and Oxeda.
He came from an impoverished noble family, but had the good fortune to start his career in the household of the Dukes of Medinaceli. Duke of Medinaceli was a Spanish noble title given to Luis de la Cerda y de la Vega on 31 October 1479 by the Catholic Kings, Isabel of Early on he gained the patronage of Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, bishop of Burgos and later Patriarch of the Indies, who made it possible for Ojeda to accompany Christopher Columbus in his second voyage to the New World in 1493. Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (Toro near Seville 1451 &ndash Burgos March 4, 1524) was a Spanish prelate a courtier and bureaucrat whose position Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. Ojeda distinguished himself there by his daring in battle with the natives, towards whom, however, he was unduly harsh and vindictive. He returned to Spain in 1496.
After three years, in May 1499, he again journeyed to the New World, this time on his own account with three vessels and accompanied by the cosmographer Juan de la Cosa and Amerigo Vespucci, who discovered that, contrary to Columbus's beliefs, the land was not Asia. Juan de la Cosa (c 1460 &ndash February 28, 1510) was a Spanish cartographer, Conquistador and explorer. The Explorer and Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci ( March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was the first person to demonstrate In little over three weeks he sighted the mainland near the mouth of the Orinoco River, and after landing at Trinidad and other such places, discovered a bay which he called Venezuela (little Venice), from its resemblance to the bay of Venice. ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim (previously Lucent) Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the There he married an Indian maiden called Guaricha. After some further exploration, he made his way to the island of Hispaniola, where he was received far from cordially, as it was thought that he was infringing upon the exploring privileges of Christopher Columbus. Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest and most populous Island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of On his return to Spain in 1500, he took many captives whom he sold as slaves. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Even so the voyage was not financially successful, netting some fifteen thousand maravedis in profit to be divided among the fifty-five surviving crew-members (since forty maravedis per day was an average wage for skilled labor, they could have made more money staying at home). Returning on the heels of Peralonso Nino's smaller but far more lucrative voyage magnified this disappointment. [1]
Having influential friends at home, he was appointed Governor of Coquibacoa and was able to fit out a new expedition, which left Cadiz in 1502 and made a landing on the American continent at a place which he named Santa Cruz. Cádiz ( Spanish:) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a province which is one of eight There he established a colony which did not last long. Mutiny erupted, and he was hauled to Santo Domingo in shackles where a judge stripped him of his titles and properties before allowing him to return to Spain. [2]
Somehow he made his way back to Hispaniola, where he rejoined former associate Juan de la Cosa. There he conceived the idea of establishing colonies on the mainland between Cabo de Vela and the Gulf of Urabá, and after some time spent in petitioning the Government, the two comrades finally obtained the necessary permission. The Department of La Guajira or simply La Guajira (la ɰwa'hiɾa is a department of Colombia. The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of South America.
He went back to Spain and after great effort organized his third and last expedition in 1509. Among those who embarked in his four vessels was Francisco Pizarro, the future conqueror of Peru. Francisco Pizarro González 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c 1471 or 1476 &ndash 26 June 1541 was a Spanish Conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Hernán Cortés, who was later to dominate Mexico, would have been among the soldiers of fortune engaged in this adventure, had not a sudden illness prevented him from sailing. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca ( 1485&ndash December 2, The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. With about 300 men, he sailed from Hispaniola to take possession, as Governor, of Nueva Andalucía, which comprised the territory between the gulfs of Urabá (Darién) and Maracaibo. The Gulf of Darién is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between Panama and Colombia. Maracaibo is the second-largest city in Venezuela after the national capital Caracas and is the capital of Zulia state Near the site of the present city of Cartagena he landed with a party of about 70 men to capture Indians for slaves. Cartagena de Indias (kaɾtaˈhena ð̞e ˈin̪d̪jas in Spanish; the usual English pronunciation is ˌkɑrtəˈheɪnə deɪ ˈɪndiəs is a large city Ojeda found the natives very hostile; they attacked his force and killed every man except Ojeda and one other. Not yet despairing, he founded a new colony at San Sebastian, but provisions soon ran low. It became necessary for him to go to Hispaniola to obtain supplies for the settlement, which he left in the charge of Francisco Pizarro. He was shipwrecked on the way, and only after suffering great privations did he finally reach Santo Domingo, where he died. Santo Domingo de Guzmán (known as Santo Domingo population 2084852 (Metro (2003 estimated 2253437 (Metro in 2006 is the Capital and largest city in the
References
- B. de las Casas, Historia de las Indias (five volumes, Madrid, 1875-76)
- Sir Arthur Helps, The Spanish Conquest in America, (new edition, four volumes, New York, 1900-04)
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. Sir Arthur Helps ( July 10, 1813 &ndash March 7, 1875) English writer and dean of the Privy Council, youngest son of Thomas Helps The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain. The New International Encyclopedia was an English -language encyclopedia first published in the early 1900s The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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