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Pánfilo de Narváez
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Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas
Key facts
- Born
- 1478, Spain
- Died
- 1528 (age 50), Gulf of Mexico
- Cause of death
- Storm, plausibly drowning.
- Resting place
- Unknown, Unknown
- Occupations
- Spanish conquistador and explorer
- Employer
- Spain
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Navalmanzano
- Place of death
- Mississippi
- Occupation
- conquistador
- Position held
- adelantado
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- Narváez expedition
- Image
- Panfilo de Narvaez.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1470-00-00
- date of death
- 1528-01-01
- cause of death
- drowning
- name in native language
- Pánfilo de Narváez
- Commons category
- Pánfilo de Narváez
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Encyclopedic overview
Pánfilo de Narváez ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1478, died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain, he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier. Pánfilo participated in the conquest of Cuba and led an expedition to Camagüey, escorting Bartolomé de las Casas.
He is best remembered as the leader of two failed expeditions, the first of which began in 1519 and ended in 1520 after defeat and capture in battle against Hernán Cortés. Pánfilo's second expedition, the Narváez expedition, began in 1527 and ended for him with his death the following year. Only four men returned from it, reaching present-day Mexico City in 1536. He was named an adelantado by King Carlos V before embarking on that final expedition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pánfilo de Narváez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.