Juan de Ayolas

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Division of South America 1534–1539

Juan de Ayolas (* around 1500 in Briviesca , Burgos ; † 1537/8 in Candelaria in Gran Chaco , Paraguay ) was a Spanish conquistador .

biography

Juan de Ayolas was a participant in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza to South America, which started in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1534 , which was supposed to put an end to the Portuguese advance and thus enforce compliance with the territorial property rights of both countries according to the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). As his mayordomo ("steward" or "chief servant") he founded the fort and the settlement Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre in 1536 together with Mendoza , from which the city of Buenos Aires would later emerge.

In addition, he founded the Fort of Corpus Christi in the southeast of today's Paraguay in June of the same year during an exploration trip in the area of ​​the Río Paraná . The journey continued along the Paraguay River ; In February 1537 the fort of Candelaria (today Fuerte Olimpo ) was founded in the confluence of the Río Blanco in the Río Paraguay .

In order to find a connection route between the western Andean regions from Peru and Bolivia to Paraguay, Pedro de Ayolas penetrated into the Gran Chaco area. On his return trip he found Fort Candelaria abandoned - under ultimately unexplained circumstances, he and most of the members of his expedition corps were killed there by Indians. Another version is that he was killed in the Gran Chaco. A search expedition under Juan de Salazar y Espinosa brought little clarity to the matter.

Honors

Due to its exposure to was Juan de Ayolas by Pedro de Mendoza during its journey back to Spain, but on which he died in the Canary Islands, Governor of of Charles V newly overseas province of New Andalusia (later Río de la Plata and Paraguay ) appointed. Because of his expedition, on which death overtook him, he could not exercise the office. He was succeeded by Domingo Martínez de Irala .

A city in the south of Paraguay with a population of around 17,000 bears the name Ayolas .

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  1. ↑ Year of birth and death vary depending on the source
personal data
SURNAME Ayolas, Juan de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish conquistador
DATE OF BIRTH around 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH Briviesca
DATE OF DEATH 1537
Place of death Candelaria (Paraguay)