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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua)
		There were two Spanish conquistadores at the start of the 16th century named Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.
		Cordoba was an officer of Pedro Arias Dávila, known also as Pedrarias Dávila.
		Pedrarias Dávila considered Cordoba an insurrectionist and a traitor, and finally captured and beheaded him.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Francisco_Hern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba_%28founder_of_Nicaragua%29 (172 words)

	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) - Biocrawler
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua) - Biocrawler
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (died 1526) is usually reputed as the founder of Nicaragua, and in fact he founded two important Nicaraguan cities, Granada and León.
		Hernán Cortés supported him, mainly because he looked for the support of Hernández against Cristóbal de Olid.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Francisco_Hern%E1ndez_de_C%F3rdoba_%28founder_of_Nicaragua%29 (149 words)

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	Cordoba
		Cordoba was also a major seat of Jewish learning in the Middle Ages, and although few Jews have returned to the city since their forced exile from Spain in 1492, the historic Jewish Quarter of Cordoba remains well preserved.
		Cordoba is Argentina's second largest city after Buenos Aires and is the most important city in the central area of the country.
		Geographically, Cordoba is located right in the center of Argentina, in a scenic area between the mountains and the plains.
	www.lycos.com /info/cordoba--cities.html?page=2 (672 words)

	histconqu2
		Hernandez de Cordoba left Castilla de Oro in 1523 towards the Gulf of Nicoya, where he founded the village of Bruselas.
		Unfortunately, there is not much information available about the contact between Hernandez de Cordoba and the Indians, except that his expeditionary force consisted of 200 heavily armed soldiers (a little over 10% of the total European population of Castilla de Oro) along with Indian slaves carrying provisions and such.
		Moreno had exhorted Hernandez de Cordoba to claim the governorship of Nicaragua for himself even though he was supposed to be supporting Gil Gonzalez's claim for it.
	www.ans.edu.ni /Academics/history/conqu2.html (2011 words)

	Nicaragua News - A Newsletter by Richard Leonardi
		Spanish Captain Francisco Hernández de Córdoba arrived to the land of the Chorotegas, Nicaraguas and Maribios in 1524, as the head of a hired army employed by Panama's Spanish governor (and soon to be Nicaragua governor) Pedrarias Dávila.
		Werner notes that Bernal Diaz de Castillo, who recorded Cortés' conquest of Mexico, reported that the soldiers of Cortés were starving and eating the leather from their armor and boots when Hernández' men showed up in Mexico with a lot of food, fine clothes, and pretty Indian women as attendants.
		Tomb of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in León Viejo
	www.nicaraguaphoto.com /essays/update_nicaraguaJan2004.shtml (1499 words)

	Granada Yesterday
		Granada was captured in 1855 by the filibuster William Walker.
		After a short stay in San Francisco, his filibustering expeditions began with an invasion of lower California (1853-54) intended to wrest the region together with Sonora from Mexico.
		From the Islas de la Bahía of Honduras, Walker made a final abortive attempt (1860) to conquer Central America but was forced to surrender to the British Navy.
	www.1on1tutoring.net /gry.html (406 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Yucatan
		It is said that in 1517 Francisco Hernández de Cordóba, the discoverer and explorer of the region, founded the first parish.
		Juan Gómez de Parada, twentieth bishop, governed the dioceses of
		It was at the instance of Leandro Rodríguez de la Gala, his successor, that the new See of Tabasco was formed from parishes taken
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15737b.htm (483 words)

	Reports Submitted to FAMSI - Angel Gongora Salas
		In this second expedition, Francisco de Montejo, who would later initiate conquest operations in the peninsula, was the captain of one of the vessels.
		When news arrived about the newfound lands and the wealth they contained, Hernán Cortés, in 1519, left Cuba with nine ships; among the members of this expedition was Francisco de Montejo and the pilot Alaminos; the latter had already been a part of the explorations conducted by Hernández de Córdoba and Juan de Grijalva.
		Francisco de Montejo the Adelantado, born in Salamanca, finally conquered Yucatán.
	www.famsi.org /reports/99040/section05.htm (1005 words)

	The Mariners' Museum \| EXPLORATION through the AGES
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba insisted that this land, called Yucatán by the natives, was full of gold and potential slaves, both of which were running out on the island of Cuba.
		Cortés had very explicit instructions on what he was allowed to do: search for Juan de Grijalba, who had followed Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to Yucatán and was presumed missing, and for Cristóbal de Olid, who had gone missing while searching for Grijalba.
		Each time, he was told that orders had come from Santiago de Cuba that Grijalba had returned and that Cortés was to turn around and report back to Velázquez.
	www.mariner.org /exploration/index.php?type=explorersection&id=197 (533 words)

	16th Century Remains Found
		Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba was murdered in 1526.
		Davila accused Cordoba of plotting with Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of the Aztec Empire.
		Cordoba, after whom the Nicaraguan currency is named, was buried in a church tomb in Leon Viejo.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/latino_culture/39214 (266 words)

	FernAndez De COrdoba Francisco D 1518 Spanish Explorer in Mexico: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online ...
		In this case...named by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba in 1517...forays of Spanish slave hunters...Gulf of Mexico.
		A Spanish manuscript...memoir is in Martin Fernandez de Navarrete...Memoir of D.
		Manuel Fernandez Alvarez, 5...Pacheco, Francisco de Cardenas...Readjustment in the Spanish Economy Cambridge...blico de Fe Cordoba, 21 enero...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/fernandez-de-cordoba-francisco-d-1518-spanish-explorer-in-mexico.jsp?l=F&p=1 (554 words)

	08 de febrero de 1517.- Primera expedición hacia costas mexicanas, realizada por Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.
		08 de febrero de 1517.- Primera expedición hacia costas mexicanas, realizada por Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.
		Tras tantas peripecias, Hernández de Córdoba arribo a Cuba con sólo 53 hombres, informó a Diego de Velázquez de su descubrimiento y diez días más tarde falleció a consecuencia de las heridas que recibiera.
		En un mapa de la República Mexicana, la ruta seguida por Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.
	redescolar.ilce.edu.mx /redescolar/efemerides/febrero/conme8.htm (1016 words)

	La Prensa - Regionales - Fundador de Granada y León enterrado sin cabeza
		La cabeza de Hernández de Córdoba fue puesta sobre una estaca y expuesta durante días hasta que fue retirada sin conocerse su destino.
		Luego de acuciosos estudios establecieron que a uno de los restos le faltaba la cabeza y el otro correspondía a una persona de elevada estatura, concluyendo que eran los de Hernández de Córdoba y Pedrarias, a lo que había hecho referencia el cronista Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo.
		Dentro de esas contradicciones de nuestra historia, en marzo de 1912, se decretó que la unidad monetaria se denominara Córdoba.
	www.laprensa.com.ni /archivo/2003/julio/07/regionales/regionales-20030707-01.html (731 words)

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		Guia de empresas del sector: Electricistas, organizada por población.
		En guiaelectricistas.com encontrarás miles de electricistas: empresas de electricidad ó instaladores electricistas de toda España con su dirección y teléfono para poderlos localizar con facilidad.
	www.guiaelectricistas.com (112 words)

	Conquest of Mexico.Mexico for Kids
		Maya culture was in a process of decadence, its cities and organization greatly impressed the explorer.
		He therefore organized a new expedition under the command of Juan de Grijalva, who not only confirmed the information obtained by Hernández de Córdoba, but while exploring the present-day territory of Veracruz, discovered that the region was dominated by a rich empire which was feared and hated by the other indigenous peoples.
		Cortés left Tenochtitlan and was obliged to march to the Gulf coast with part of his army to fight the troops that the Governor of Cuba had sent to arrest him.
	www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/history/html/conquista/conquista.html (596 words)

	Cordoba: Miscellaneous
		Cordoba boasts a rich historical and cultural heritage.
		The Cordoba is the national currency of Nicaragua.
		One chronicler records an ambassador being taken the eight kilometers from Cordoba to Medinat az-Zahara, finding his path covered in carpets from one end to end and lined with maidens holding parasols and refreshments.
	www.lycos.com /info/cordoba--miscellaneous.html (293 words)

	PUERTA CAMPECHE
		Later on, Francisco de Montejo "the young one', recognized it as Villa de San Francisco de Campeche, on October 4, 1540.
		The richness and complexity characterizing the things Mexican are the result of the syncretic and mestizo culture that took place with the arrival of the Spaniards; Campeche is an example of it.
		streets (formerly De la Muralla and America respectively) we find ourselves in a house of arches, patios and corridors, that are part of the traditional colonial baroque of regular lines.
	www.grupoplan.com /ingles/pta_campeche/historia.html (305 words)

	Francisco Hernandez Marcos
		He comprado con mi tarjeta de Bankinter en medio mundo, virtual y real, y sólo en red.es me pidieron que tuviera la cosa esa.
		Además, para las cosas de informática soy muy desconfiado, la experiencia propia y ajena me demuestra que hay que tener un cuidado enorme a la hora de externalizar desarrollos o tareas informáticas porque generan una fuerte dependencia del proveedor y este acaba explotándote a los precios que quiere.
		De hecho en mis contactos con ellos se equivocaron y justificaron el cierre por unas cosas que no tenían el más mínimo sentido.
	francisco.hernandezmarcos.net /labels/Internet.html (2088 words)

	P B S : C o n q u i s t a d o r s - C o r t é s
		In 1517, a Spanish captain, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, took 110 men in four ships, and, at Cape Catoche, saw Mayan urban civilization for the first time.
		At another place on the coast, near Campeche, there was a sudden ferocious attack by a local chief who had decided that the Spaniards were not gods, but merely predatory barbarians who should be repelled forthwith.
		More than 20 of Cordoba's Spaniards were killed, and most of the force was wounded and only evacuated with difficulty.
	www.pbs.org /conquistadors/cortes/cortes_a03.html (269 words)

	Juan de Grijalva
		He found some evidence that there were gold and silver in the land, but also that the Mayans practiced human sacrifice.
		Cordoba went back to Cuba to report, and there died of his wounds.
		The 1518, Juan de Grijalva was sent out to explore the country further.
	www.lindakreft.com /Mesoamerica/grijalva.html (196 words)

	Granada Nicaragua - History
		Granada was founded in Xalteva (Jalteva) next to Lake Cocibolca, or Grand Lake of Nicaragua, by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba in 1524, constituting one of the oldest colonial settlements of Central America.
		The habitants lived their everyday life in Xalteva as butchers, warriors and artists who had knowledge in various disciplines like astronomy, botany and medicine, and group of traders were also part of this Indian kingdom.
		To be saved for such attacks, the colonial authorities built El Castillo de la Imaculata Concepcion (Castle of Immaculate Conception) by Rio San Juan in 1675.
	www.granadanicaragua.net /en/history.html (755 words)

	Nicaragua - COLONIAL PERIOD, 1522-1820
		Hernández de Córdoba led an expedition in 1524 that succeeded in establishing the first permanent Spanish settlement in Nicaragua.
		While the rivalry between Hernández de Córdoba and González raged, Pedrarias charged Hernández de Córdoba with mismanagement and sentenced him to death.
		By the end of the 1500s, Nicaragua was reduced to the cities of León, located west of Lago de León (today Lago de Managua), and Granada, located on Lago de Nicaragua.
	countrystudies.us /nicaragua/5.htm (465 words)

	Headless remains of Nicaragua's conquistador founder discovered
		He did the same with Hernandez de Cordoba in 1526.
		Hernandez de Cordoba's remains were discovered May 2 in one of three graves at
		de Cordoba, and not a single shred of evidence against it,'' he said.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /colonial/cordoba.htm (1225 words)

	About Granada
		Founded in 1524 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Granada is the oldest city of the Americas on firm land.
		Various exhibits at the Iglesia y Convento San Francisco “Granada’s Convent-Church of San Francisco: A Must-See Museum” (NicaNews 17) give a glimpse of pre-Columbian indigenous life in the area.
		Surprisingly, in the mid-1800s, the quickest route from New York to San Francisco was through Granada via the Caribbean, the San Juan River, Lake Nicaragua, and then by stagecoach to the Pacific Ocean.
	www.granada.com.ni /about/history.html (498 words)

	Francisco Fernandez De Cordoba - Cordoba Direct
		Cordoba was a Spanish explorer and slave trader who explored Mexico and Nicaragua.
		Spanish Admiral Cristobal Colòn, Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba, Magellan, Francisco de Cornado, Chronology/Timeline...
		Francisco Fernández de Córdoba* Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526), conquistador español.
	www.drfisherforsenate.org /francisco-fernandez-de-cordoba.html (180 words)

	Las Ruínas de León Viejo, Nicaragua
		La Paz Centro is your gateway to the sleepy ruins of Spain’s first settlement in Nicaragua, found in Puerto Momotombo.
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba founded the first León in 1524 and Pedrarias Dávila governed it.
		Dávila had Hernández de Córdoba decapitated in the town square two years later.
	www.moon.com /planner/nicaragua/mustsees/ruinasdeleonviejo.html (326 words)

	Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
		In February 1517, Cordoba sailed from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico with 3 ships and 110 soldiers; he was the first European to travel to this area, and the first to see the Mayan people.
		Cordoba had been sent to Mexico by Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba, to look for treasures to plunder.
		In 1524, the Governor of Darien (now part of Panama), Pedro Arias de Ávila (also called Pedrarias Dávila), sent Hernandez de Cordoba to Nicaragua (Francisco de Soto accompanied him on this trip) to claim the land (and usurp the land claims of Gil González de Ávila).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/c/cordoba.shtml (239 words)

	Untitled Document
		Founded in 1524 by the Spanish Conqueror Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba it stands at the foot of Mombacho Volcano on the northwestern shores of Lake Nicaragua.
		Pre-Columbian stone pieces were found on the Pensacola Islet and are on exhibit in the Museum of convent San Francisco.
		Lake Nicaragua (unique for its fresh water sharks): 8,264 square Km, with 100 miles (160 km) long and 20 miles (35 km) wide, it can be enjoyed from the small plaza dedicated to Francisco Hernandez De Cordoba, the Spanish Founder of the city, or the a boat ride from the Islets.
	www.nicaragua-vacations.com /granada.html (739 words)

	Discoverers Web: Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba - Juan de Grijalva
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was sent west by Diego Velazquez in 1517.
		Cordoba went back to Cuba to report, and there died of his wounds.
		The 1518, Juan de Grijalva was sent out to explore the country further.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/cordoba.html (225 words)

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