Juan de Sanct Martín explained

Juan de Sanct Martín
Nationality:Castilian
Other Names:Juan de San Martín
Occupation:Conquistador
Years Active:1536->1550
Employer:Spanish Crown
Known For:Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Founder of Cuítiva
Founder of Pesca
Quest for El Dorado

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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]

Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín

Name
DepartmentDateYearNotesMap
align=center El Colegioalign=center Cundinamarcaalign=center align=center 1537 align=center [5] align=center
align=center Pescaalign=center Boyacáalign=center 20 Decemberalign=center 1548align=center [6] align=center
align=center Cuítivaalign=center Boyacáalign=center 19 Januaryalign=center 1550 align=center [7] align=center

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Notes and References

  1. Epítome, p.82
  2. List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
  3. Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.117
  4. Blanco Barros, s.a., p.3
  5. Official website El Colegio
  6. Pesca
  7. Official website Cuítiva