José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda
José Antonio Manso de Velasco y Sánchez de Samaniego, KOS was a Spanish soldier and politician who served as governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru.
Portrait of Manso de Velasco as Viceroy of Peru, 1746
Portrait of Antonio Manso de Velasco in the Museo Histórico Nacional of Chile
Statue of Governor José Antonio Manso de Velasco in the city of Rancagua.
Photograph of the tomb that keeps the remains of Manso de Velasco, located in the Church of San Pedro in the city of Priego de Córdoba
The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General. There were 66 such governors or captains during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism. Since the first Spanish–Mapuche parliaments in the 17th century it became an almost mandatory tradition for each governor to arrange a parliament with the Mapuches.
Image: Pedro de Valdivia
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Image: Pedro de Valdivia
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