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'''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]]'' by [[Juan Rodríguez Freyle]]. He took part in the expedition from [[Santa Marta]] into the [[Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)|Eastern Ranges]] of the Colombian [[Andes]] led by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]] and founded [[Cuitiva, Boyacá|Cuítiva]], [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]] in 1550.<ref name=BancoList>{{es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/gennrgun/gennrgun9x.htm List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada] - [[Banco de la República]]</ref> Juan de Sanct Martín headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the [[Battle of Tocarema]] against the [[Panche people|Panche]] on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador [[Juan de Céspedes Ruiz|Juan de Céspedes]] commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct Martín killed the ''cacique'' of the Panche and was hurt himself.<ref name=Carnero_p117>Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.117</ref>
'''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.<ref name=Carnero_p117/><ref name=Epitome_p82>''Epítome'', p.82</ref> He took part in the expedition from [[Santa Marta]] into the [[Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)|Eastern Ranges]] of the Colombian [[Andes]] led by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]] and founded [[Cuitiva, Boyacá|Cuítiva]], [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]] in 1550.<ref name=BancoList>{{es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/gennrgun/gennrgun9x.htm List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada] - [[Banco de la República]]</ref> Juan de Sanct Martín headed the left flank of the Spanish troops in the [[Battle of Tocarema]] against the [[Panche people|Panche]] on August 20, 1538, while his fellow conquistador [[Juan de Céspedes Ruiz|Juan de Céspedes]] commanded the right flank. In this battle, Juan de Sanct Martín killed the ''cacique'' of the Panche and was hurt himself.<ref name=Carnero_p117>Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.117</ref> 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.<ref name=Blanco_p3>Blanco Barros, s.a., p.3</ref>


== Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín ==
== Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín ==
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| align=center | '''[[Cuítiva, Boyacá|Cuítiva]]'''
| align=center | '''[[Pesca]]'''
| align=center | [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]]
| align=center | [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]]
| align=center | 20 December
| align=center | 1548
| align=center | <ref name=ColombiaTurismo>{{es}} [http://www.colombiaturismoweb.com/DEPARTAMENTOS/BOYACA/MUNICIPIOS/PESCA/PESCA.htm Pesca]</ref>
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| align=center | '''[[Cuítiva, Boyacá|Cuítiva]]'''
| align=center | Boyacá
| align=center | 19 January
| align=center | 19 January
| align=center | 1550
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== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite LSA |last=[[Juan Rodríguez Freyle|Rodríguez Freyle]] |first=Juan |last2=Achury Valenzuela |first2=Darío |year=1979 (1859) (1638) |title=El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota |url=http://www.biblioteca.org.ar/libros/211557.pdf |publisher=Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch |pages=1-598 |language=es |accessdate=2016-11-21}}
* {{cite LSA |last=Blanco Barros |first=José Agustín |year=s.a |title=Historia de Bogotá |url=https://www.sogeocol.edu.co/documentos/fund_bogota.pdf |publisher=Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia |pages=1-18 |accessdate=2017-03-06}}
* {{cite LSA |last=[[Juan Rodríguez Freyle|Rodríguez Freyle]] |first=Juan |last2=Achury Valenzuela |first2=Darío |year=1979 (1859) (1638) |title=El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota |url=http://www.biblioteca.org.ar/libros/211557.pdf |publisher=Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch |pages=1-598 |language=es |accessdate=2017-03-06}}
* {{cite LSA |last=N |first=N |year=1979 (1889) (1539) |title=Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada |url=http://publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/view/3679/3806 |publisher=[[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]] |pages=81-97 |accessdate=2017-03-06}}


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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* {{cite LSA |last=De Plaza |first=José Antonio |year=1810 |title=Memorias para la historia de la Nueva Granada desde su descubrimiento el 20 de julio de 1810 |url=https://books.google.com.co/books?id=JJ8vFjSWjzsC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61|publisher=Imprenta del Neo-Granadino |pages=1-464 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}
* {{cite LSA |last=De Plaza |first=José Antonio |year=1810 |title=Memorias para la historia de la Nueva Granada desde su descubrimiento el 20 de julio de 1810 |url=https://books.google.com.co/books?id=JJ8vFjSWjzsC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61|publisher=Imprenta del Neo-Granadino |pages=1-464 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}
* {{cite LSA |last=[[Pedro Simón|Simón]] |first=Pedro |year=1892 (1626) |title=Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882-92) vol.1-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/tierrafirmeindias01simbrich |language=es |accessdate=2017-03-01}}
* {{cite LSA |last=[[Pedro Simón|Simón]] |first=Pedro |year=1892 (1626) |title=Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882-92) vol.1-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/tierrafirmeindias01simbrich |language=es |accessdate=2017-03-01}}
* {{cite LSA |last=N |first=N |year=1979 (1889) (1539) |title=Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada |url=http://publicaciones.banrepcultural.org/index.php/boletin_cultural/article/view/3679/3806 |publisher=[[Bank of the Republic (Colombia)|Banco de la República]] |pages=81-97 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}


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Juan de Sanct Martín
Bornunknown
unknown
Diedunknown
unknown
Nationality (legal)Castilian
Other namesJuan de San Martín
OccupationsConquistador
Years active1536->1550
EmployerSpanish Crown
Known forSpanish conquest of the Muisca
Founder of Cuítiva
Founder of Pesca
Quest for El Dorado
Notes

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]

Conquest by Juan de Sanct Martín

Name
bold is founded
Department Date Year Notes Map
El Colegio Cundinamarca 1537 [5]
Pesca Boyacá 20 December 1548 [6]
Cuítiva Boyacá 19 January 1550 [7]

See also

List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

References

Bibliography

Further reading