Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - after 1583, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[1] He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539, and settled in the city.[4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was mayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño.[3]
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1510 |
| Died | >1583 |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupations | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest for El Dorado |
| Spouse | Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar |
| Children | Elvira Camacho Zambrano María Zambrana de Cuéllar Juan Camacho Zambrano Juana Zambrana Anastasia Camacho Zambrano Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano Esteban Zambrana |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law) |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1583–1583 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera |
| Notes | |
Biography
editBartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in the Extremaduran village Villafranca de los Barros with parents Juan Martin Camacho Savidos and Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana. He had a brother named Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos. Camacho Zambrano married Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had seven children; two sons and five daughters.[2] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano - Geni
- ^ a b Muñoz Cárdenas, 2014, p.20
- ^ (in Spanish) Cronología histórica - año 1539[usurped]
- ^ Pedro Ruiz Corredor - Geni
Bibliography
edit- Muñoz Cárdenas, Felipe Andrés (2014), La Administración de Tunja a través del siglo XX - The Administration of Tunja through the twentieth century (PDF), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, pp. 1–163, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-09, retrieved 2017-03-06
Further reading
edit- Acosta, Joaquín (1848), Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto - Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, Paris: Beau Press, pp. 1–460, OCLC 23030434, retrieved 2017-03-01
- De Castellanos, Juan (1857) [1589], Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias (in Spanish), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, pp. 1–567, ISBN 978-958-683-677-7, retrieved 2017-03-06
- Fernández de Piedrahita, Lucas (1676), "VI", Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reino de Granada (PDF) (in Spanish), archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-11, retrieved 2017-03-06 Archived 2014-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo (1576), Memoria de los descubridores, que entraron conmigo a descubrir y conquistar el Reino de Granada (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-03-01
- De Plaza, José Antonio (1810), Memorias para la historia de la Nueva Granada desde su descubrimiento el 20 de julio de 1810, Imprenta del Neo-Granadino, pp. 1–464, retrieved 2017-03-06
- Rodríguez Freyle, Juan; Achury Valenzuela, Darío (1979) [1859 (1638)], 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 (in Spanish), Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch, pp. 1–592, ISBN 978-84-660-0025-3, retrieved 2017-03-06
- Simón, Pedro (1892) [1626], Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882-92) vol.1-5 (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-03-01
- "Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada", Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico, 16 (3), Banco de la República: 81–97, 1979 [1889 (1539)], retrieved 2017-03-01