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Sebastián de Belalcázar

Sebastián de Belalcázar was a Spanish conquistador.-Early life:He was born Sebastián Moyano in the province of Córdoba, Spain, in either 1479 or 1480. He took the name Belalcázar as that was the name of the castle-town near to his birthplace in Córdoba...

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1534

12.6.1534

The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

1536

7.25.1536

Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.

1539

4.27.1539

Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.