Hernando Alonso
Hernando Alonso (* around 1460 in Niebla , Spain ; † October 16, 1528 in Mexico City ) was a Marran explorer and is considered the first victim of the Inquisition in North America .
The Spanish new Christian Hernando Alonso emigrated to Cuba , where he joined the conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1516 . As a blacksmith and ship's carpenter, he was involved in building up the expedition fleet. In 1519 he reached Mexico with the conquering army of Cortés. Because of his services in the conquest of Tenochtitlán , Cortés transferred him to the country estate in Actopan , from where he was successful in the meat trade. In 1528 he was denounced as a crypto Jew and executed at the stake with another Marranen in Mexico's first public car café .
literature
- Alan Cheuse: Hernando Alonso ( short story). In: The North American Review , 283/5 (1998), pp. 14-22.
- Seymour B. Liebman: Hernando Alonso: The First Jew on the North-American Continent . In: Journal of Inter-American Studies , 5/2 (1963), pp. 291-296 ( JSTOR 164816 ).
- Eva Alexandra Uchmany: De algunos cristianos nuevos en la conquista y colonización de la Nueva España . In: Estudios de Historia Novohispana 8 (1985), pp. 265-318. pdf
- Eva Alexandra Uchmany: The Periodization of the History of the New Christians and Crypto- Jews in New Spain . In: Yedida Kalfon Stillman, George K. Zucker (eds.): New horizons in Sephardic studies . New York 1993. pp. 109-136.
Web links
- Tovia Preschel: Travelers and Explorers . In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 20, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865948-0 , pp. 113-116 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alonso, Hernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Jewish inquisition opera in North America |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1460 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niebla |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1528 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |