People of the Arauco War

Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)

Spanish soldier and poet (1533-1594)

Lautaro (Anglicized as 'Levtaru') ( "swift hawk") (; 1534 – April 29, 1557) was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would continue to be employed by the Mapuche during the long-running Arauco War. Levtaru was captured by Spanish forces in his early youth, and he spent his teenage years as a personal servant of chief conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. He graduated from servant to stableman; in this job he saw that their horses were not godlike creatures like his people thought (the biggest animal they k

Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man

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Caupolicán (meaning 'polished flint' (queupu) or 'blue quartz stone' (Kallfulikan) in Mapudungun) was a toqui or war leader of the Mapuche people, who led the resistance of his people against the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the territory of today's Chile during the sixteenth century. His rule as Toqui lasted roughly from 1553–1558 AD.

Royal Governor of Chile

Royal Governor of Chile

Spanish conquistador

Royal Governor of Chile (1535-1609)

16th century Mapuche leader and Chilean folk hero

governor, viceroy (1707-1782)

Royal Governor of Chile

soldier and chronicler from Spain

Spanish conquistador and chroniclre

Chilean writer

Royal Governor of Chile (1650-1703)

Royal Governor of Chile

Spanish chronicler

Spanish conquistador

Royal Governor of Chile

Pelantaro or Pelantarú (; from ) was one of the vice toquis of Paillamachu, the toqui or military leader of the Mapuche people during the Mapuche uprising in 1598. Pelantaro and his lieutenants Anganamon and Guaiquimilla were credited with the death of the second Spanish Governor of Chile, Martín García Óñez de Loyola, during the Battle of Curalaba on December 21, 1598.

Spanish soldier