Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Novohispanic conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico.
Equestrian statue of Juan de Oñate, Alcalde, New Mexico
Texas Historical Marker for Don Juan de Oñate and El Paso del Río Norte
Oñate's 1605 "signature graffiti" on Inscription Rock, in El Morro National Monument
Historic Marker at "Paraje de Fra Cristobal," Rio Grande crossing
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several
Juan de Oñate
…Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: Huan-de-O-nya-te) (1550-1626) was a Novohispanic conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New…
Pedro Barbaboza Parreño was granted the title of "Contador Mayor" of the Real Audiencia on the 26th of november 1724.
Indigenous man collecting cochineal with a deer tail by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (1777). Cochineal was New Spain's most important export product after silver and its production was almost exclusively in the hands of indigenous cultivators
Arrieros in Mexico. Mules were the main way cargo was moved overland, engraving by Carl Nebel
Pedro de Alvarado, one of the first negotiators to hold office in Hibueras where he founded the towns of San Pedro Sula and Guatemala