Alberto del Canto
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Alberto del Canto, formally Alberto Vieira do Canto, was a Portuguese noble, military captain, and conquistador who explored northern Mexico on behalf of the Spanish Empire, where he was the founder o
Alberto Del Canto
Alberto del Canto's sculpture at Saltillo, Coah.
Testamento de Miguel de Montemoyor
Conquistador
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Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonists who explored, traded with, and conquered many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age of Discovery. Sailin
Alberto del Canto
…Alberto del Canto (c. 1547 – 1611), formally Alberto Vieira do Canto, was a Portuguese noble, military captain, and conquistador who explored northern Mexico on behalf of the Spanish Empire, where he was the founder of several cities for the Viceroy of New Spain. In 1547 he was…
The conquest of Colorado, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, depicting Coronado's 1540–1542 expedition
Ponce de León and his explorers in Florida searching for the Fountain of Youth
Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn, 1847. Christopher Columbus and his Spanish crew making their first landfall in the Americas in 1492