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Juan de Sanct Martín

Juan de Sanct Martín

Spanish conquistador

Juan de Sanct Martín, also known as Juan de San Martín, was a Spanish conquistador. Little is known about De Sanct Martín, apart from a passage in El Carnero (1638) by Juan Rodríguez Freyle and Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada, a work of uncertain authorship.[2][3] He took part in the expedition from Santa Marta into the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and founded Cuítiva, Boyacá in 1550.[1] Juan de Sanct Martín headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the Battle of Tocarema against the Panche on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador Juan de Céspedes commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct Martín killed the cacique of the Panche and was hurt himself.[2] Juan de Sanct Martín had confronted the Panche the year before, when he was sent to the west while De Céspedes went south. Due to the resistance of the bellicose Panche, De Sanct Martín returned to the Spanish camp.[4]

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  1. [1]
    (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine - Banco de la República
  2. [2]
    Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.117
  3. [3]
    Epítome, p.82
  4. [4]
    Blanco Barros, s.a., p.3
  5. [5]
    (in Spanish) Official website El Colegio Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
  6. [6]
    (in Spanish) Pesca
  7. [7]
    (in Spanish) Official website Cuítiva Archived 2015-06-03 at archive.today

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