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	Pedro González de Mendoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pedro González de Mendoza (May 3, 1428 – January 11, 1495), Spanish cardinal and statesman, was the fourth son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, marquess of Santillana, and duke of Infantado.
		The house of Mendoza claimed to descend from the lords of Llodio in Alava, and to have been settled in Old Castile, in the 11th century.
		Mendoza, the future cardinal, was sent into the Church mainly because he was a younger son and that he might be handsomely provided for.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_de_Mendoza (734 words)

	Chapter 2: The Mendoza Family in the Spanish Renaissance 1350-1550
		Pedro González de Mendoza himself was mayordomo mayor to Juan I (13379-1390); and his brother-in-law, Pedro López de Ayala, became canciller mayor of Castile.
		The Mendoza's resistance to don Alvaro de Luna had pushed the king into an uncharacteristic act that conjured up all the violence of the pre-Trastámara kings, and the rest of his reign was characterized by a sort of stunned immobility on the part of both king and aristocracy.
		This political caution is characteristic of Santillana's leadership of the Mendoza family: he exchanged the aggressive extension of political and economic interests on a national scale, which had characterized the admiral and Pedro González de Mendoza, for a slow and deliberate rebuilding, consolidation, and preservation of the family's military and seigneurial control over local affairs.
	libro.uca.edu /mendoza/msr2.htm (9674 words)

	Mendoza, Pedro de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He reached the estuary of the Río de la Plata in January and founded Buenos Aires in 1536.
		Leaving Juan de Ayolas in charge, Mendoza sailed for Spain in 1537 and died at sea.
		Buenos Aires was abandoned in 1541, by order of Domingo Martínez de Irala, and the colonists moved to Asunción.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MendozaP1.asp (333 words)

	PEDRO GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA - LoveToKnow Article on PEDRO GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA
		MENDOZA, PEDRO GONZALEZ DE (1428-1495), Spanish cardinal and statesman, was the fourth son of Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, marquess of Santillana, and duke of Infantado.
		The cardinals father, the marquis of Santillana to use the title he bore for the greater part of his lifewas a poet, and was conspicuous during the troubled reign of John II.
		Pedro Gonzalez, the future cardinal, was sent into the Church mainly because he was a younger son and that he might be handsomely provided for.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MENDOZA_PEDRO_GONZALEZ_DE.htm (795 words)

	Mendoza
		With a backdrop of snowcapped mountains, Mendoza is surrounded by a fertile oasis, known as the “Garden of the Andes,” irrigated by the Mendoza River.
		Mendoza was founded in 1561 and belonged to Chile until the creation of the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata (1776).
		Pedro González de Mendoza - Mendoza, Pedro González de, 1428–95, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0832668.html (235 words)

	Cabeza de Vaca's Adventure in South America 1540-1545
		The port city of La Ciudad de la Santa Maria del Buen Aire (The City of Saint Mary of the Good Air) was established in 1536 by a large expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza.
		Cabeza de Vaca's appointment was connected to the agreement of his ideas concerning the treatment of the natives with the thinking that was emerging within the King's circle.
		Cabeza de Vaca was condemned to the loss of all of his offices in the government of Rio de la Plata Province and was not to return to the Indies on penalty of death.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/cabeza3.htm (4233 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pedro de Mendoza (Latin American History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Pedro de Mendoza[pA´thrO dA mAndO´thA] Pronunciation Key, b.
		He reached the estuary of the RIo de la Plata in January and founded Buenos Aires in 1536.
		Buenos Aires was abandoned in 1541, by order of Domingo MartInez de Irala, and the colonists moved to AsunciOn.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MendozaP.html (256 words)

	A Vanished Arcadia -- Chapter 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mendoza waited a year, and then returned to Spain, leaving his garrison with provisions for a year, the bread [16] 'at the rate of (á razon de) a pound a day, and if they wanted more to get it for themselves.' On the passage home he died insane.
		But be this as it may, San Francisco de Solano remained two years at Asuncion, though whilst he lived there his powers of speech (according to the Jesuits) seem to have been diminished, and he held no communication with the Indians in their own languages.
		Struck by the tractable character of the Guaranís, Mendoza began to build a fort on August 15, 1537 (which is the day of the Assumption), and the name he gave to his fort was Asuncion, which afterwards became the capital of Paraguay.
	www.litrix.com /varcad/varca003.htm (13337 words)

	Guevara, Isabel de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Isabel de Guevara was born in Spain, but the place and exact date of birth, as well as other facts of her life, still remains unknown or sketchy.
		In 1536, she arrived to the Río de la Plata with the expedition of governor Pedro de Mendoza, and in July 2, 1556, wrote a letter to the Princess-governor Juana.
		Isabel de Guevara appears as a public subject that appeals to the absent authority (also feminine) through an act of legitimacy that derives from her own account of the conquest.
	www.hope.edu /latinamerican/guevara.html (996 words)

	Pedro de Mendoza
		Mendoza was made hereditary chief judge and constable of the countries that he should discover, and given the right to retain half the treasures of the caciques who might be killed in the wars that he should wage, with nine tenths of the ransoms of prisoners.
		As soon as Mendoza recovered he continued his voyage, sailed up the Rio de la Plata as far as the island of Saint Gabriel, reconnoitred the southern coast opposite, and founded there the city of Buenos Ayres, 2 February, 1535, with two forts to defend it.
		Mendoza retired to the fort of Sanctus-Spiritus, whence he despatched Juan de A volas (q.
	www.famousamericans.net /pedrodemendoza (528 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pedro GonzAlez de Mendoza (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Pedro GonzAlez de Mendoza, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
		Pedro GonzAlez de Mendoza[pA´thrO gOnthA´leth dA mAndO´thA] Pronunciation Key, 1428–95, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo.
		He was the son of the poet Inigo LOpez de Mendoza, marquEs de Santillana.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MendozaPG.html (211 words)

	Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires - Euro Argentine - History
		The first foundation of Buenos Aires took place in March of 1536 by Don Pedro de Mendoza (1487-1537), who outside designated by advanced Carlos V like, “to conquer and to populate the earth that Soli´s are in the Río de, call of the Plata”.
		It will be another Spanish Conquistador, Juan de Garay (1528-1583) to whom in 1542, the advanced Juan Torres de Vera and Aragón entrusted to him to found a city to colonize the territories of the south and to populate the coast.
		With the intention to put under the querandíes, Pedro de Mendoza organized a military expedition to the control of his brother, Diego de Mendoza, who was defeated in the margins of the Luján river the 15 of June of 1536.
	euro-argentine.com /en/Guide/buenosaires/capitalfederal/histoire.html (1935 words)

	Pedro de Mendoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pedro de Mendoza (1487–1537) was a Spanish conquistador, and the first adelantado of the Río de la Plata.
		Leaving Juan de Ayolas in charge, he sailed back to Spain in 1537 but died before arriving.
		This article about an explorer is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza (85 words)

	Buenos Aires, History and Overview: History
		Four years later, an expeditionary force leaded by Hernando de Magallanes, discovered that the space known as Sea of Solís was not a pass to the Pacific ocean, nor a way to any mythological rich realm.
		Mendoza and most of its men sailed to Spain on 1537, and left in the primitive settlement a contingent of 100 soldiers.
		The first viceroy was one named Pedro de Cevallos, whose initial task was to take from the Portuguese the colony of Sacramento (built on the opposite shore of the river, and main waypoint of the smuggling caravans).
	www.elysium.com.ar /baires/overview/briefhistory.htm (3655 words)

	Pedro Gonzalez, cardinal de Mendoza -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Mendoza, the fifth son of the poet Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, studied at the University of Salamanca.
		She was supported by an important group of Castilian nobles, including Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza, the constable of Castile (a Velasco), and the admiral (an Enríquez), who was related to Ferdinand's mother.
		city, capital of Mendoza province, western Argentina, at an elevation of 2,497 ft (761 m), in the irrigated Río Mendoza Valley, at the foot of the secondary Andean range, Sierra de los Paramillos.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037363?tocId=9037363 (778 words)

	Hemispheres \| Three Perfect Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Argentine capital, where Pedro de Mendoza first settled his colonists in 1536, is a century older than Boston and Montréal.
		On the patio, the garnet-hued Felipe Rutini cabernet sauvignon is a divine influence on the earthy ojo de bife (rib-eye steak).
		Enchilada de camarones (shrimp enchiladas in a slightly spicy sauce with rice) is one of the house specialties.
	www.hemispheresmagazine.com /three/1999/buenosaires.htm (2614 words)

	Guatemala: The return of the death penalty
		Pedro Castillo Mendoza and Roberto Girón were executed by firing squad for the rape and murder of four-year-old Sonia Álvarez García in Guanagazapa, Escuintla department.
		Among others, the Committee also recommended that there be a thorough review of the legal framework for the protection of human rights to ensure full conformity with the ICCPR and that the independence of the judiciary be ensured and a law regulating it be enacted.
		The executions of Pedro Castillo Mendoza and Roberto Girón were carried out only 6 months after the Human Rights Committee had communicated its concerns and recommendations to the Government of Guatemala.
	www.amnestyusa.org /abolish/document.do?id=0810CFDEFAAD076E802569000068A27D (3171 words)

	WorldTravelGate.net® - The History of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		The dock activity established precise patterns in the history of the Argentine organization, since its birth as a Spanish settlement in 1536, with the arrival of Pedro de Mendoza and the foundation of the fort called "Puerto de Nuestra Senora de Santa Maria del Buen Ayre".
		Nearby, Garay founded the "Ciudad de la Santisima Trinidad" and the port of "Santa Maria del Buen Ayre", with the following motto that foresaw the destiny of the City: "Doors must be opened to land and the land must flourish, its fruit must be useful to the nation and to other nations of the world".
		In 1855 the Passengers Dock was inaugurated at the "Bajo de la Merced", between the present Bartolome Mitre and Juan Domingo Peron streets.
	americatravelling.net /argentina/buenos_aires/buenos_aires_history.htm (864 words)

	Pet-Abuse.Com - Animal Abuse Case Details: Cockfighting - over 170 birds - Clyde, MI (US)
		A father and son from Clyde Township were arraigned Tuesday in connection with a cockfighting ring in the Allegan County township.
		Pedro Verduzco Mendoza, 55, was charged with possessing fighting animals and possessing a facility used to house cockfighting.
		His son, Jerardo Antonio Mendoza, 24, was charged with two counts of possession of a fighting animal.
	www.pet-abuse.com /cases/1975/MI/US/1 (455 words)

	Pedro de Mendoza -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Río de la Plata estuary was discovered years before Ferdinand Magellan traversed the Strait of Magellan in 1520, although historians dispute whether the estuary was first reached by Amerigo Vespucci in 1501–02 or by Juan Díaz de Solís in his ill-fated voyage of 1516.
		It was first founded in 1536 by an expedition led by the Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza, who had been made the first governor general of the Río de la Plata region.
		Her sons Pedro and Max Henríquez Ureña were literary historians and critics.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9052000 (770 words)

	Pedro De Mendoza - Cuyo Stop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pedro de Mendoza (1487-1537) Primer adelantado del Río de la Plata, 1536-1537; primer fundador de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.
		Pedro de Mendoza, (1487-1537) Conquistador español, primer Adelantado del Río de la Plata y fundador de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, nacido en...
		Pedro de Mendoza y Luján 1487 - 1537 Indice de ésta página Bibliografía Biografía...
	www.dreamsmosaic.com /pedro-de-mendoza.html (299 words)

	vol02chap06sect09
		Soon after, Suarez sent Pedro de Mendoza and Vasco Carvallo with their ships to guard the coast of Calicut, with orders to capture all ships belonging to the Moors that were laden with spices.
		Tristan de la Silva endeavoured to board a ship which appeared to be the admiral, of which the captain and a numerous crew were Turks.
		The caravel commanded by Pedro Raphael, one of these brought within the bar to co-operate with the boats, was struck by a ball from the battery on shore, which killed three men and dangerously wounded another ten.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/kerr/vol02chap06sect09.html (4706 words)

	Paraguay the Young Colony
		Uncertainties over the departure of Pedro de Mendoza led Charles V to promulgate a cédula (decree) that was unique in colonial Latin America.
		Cabeza de Vaca's enemies accused him of cronyism and opposed his efforts to protect the interests of the Indians.
		The arrival of Father Pedro Fernández de la Torre on April 2, 1556, as the first bishop of Asunción marked the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay.
	www.country-studies.com /paraguay/the-young-colony.html (874 words)

	GOBIERNO ELECTRONICO .ar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Río de La Plata region, in itself, was the only that was discovered and colonised by the expeditions that were arriving directly from the European peninsula ports.
		Santa María de los Buenos Aires founded in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza, abandoned in 1541 and re-founded in 1580 by Juan de Garay.
		San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes was founded in 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón with the purpose of communicating Alto Perú with the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.info.gov.ar /sitio_ingles/our_country/colonizacion.htm (595 words)

	A Vanished Arcadia - Chapter I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the vast forests, stretching to the Salto de Guayra, a few scattered tribes, known as Caaguas, roamed through the thickets, or encamped upon the streams.
		Its General -- for in Spain the title was used indifferently by land and sea -- was Don Pedro de Mendoza, a gentleman of Guadix in Almeria, and a member of the household of Charles V. * `La Argentina', included in the `Coleccion de Angelis', Buenos Ayres, 1836.
		Don Pedro had seen service in the Italian wars, and seems to have been a man of character and bravery, but wanting in the discretion and the necessary tact essential in the founder of a colony.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/relg/historygeography/AVanishedArcadia/chap2.html (4065 words)

	Arturo of Luca - Chronological biography
		He did a magnificent work, and today is the only known painting of Pedro de Mendoza, exposed in the Palace of the Municipality of Buenos Aires.
		Evidently, seeing his fruitful and expressive dedication to the painting, the life of the Teacher Arturo de Luca was of work and fully dedicated to the art.
		Patrocinio de San Jose" School, of the Neighborhood of Belgrano; and in the apse of the Church of Unquillo, Cordoba, this last one when he had 84 years old.
	www.artesur.com /deluca/biography.htm (349 words)

	HISTORY OF BUENOS AIRES - Ripio Turismo Incoming Tour Operator
		The first time was in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza who had been sent by King Carlos I of Spain to colonize these lands.
		Forty tears later, Juan de Garay decided to found Buenos Aires foreseeing its importance as the entrance port to navigating this wide river claiming it to be "the gateway to this land".
		This became quite obvious when in 1776 (196 years after its second foundation) King Carlos III of Spain named Don Pedro de Cevallos, as the first Viceroy of the Rio de La Plata thus elevating Buenos Aires to the status of Capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
	www.ripioturismo.com.ar /ebuehistory.htm (508 words)

	Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1535 it was founded by Pedro de Mendoza.
		Ulrich Schmidl, who accompanied de Mendoza, wrote “In 1535 we arrived on Riodellaplata, and found an Indian village of about 2000 people named Zechurias.
		Juan de Garay refounded the town with the name, Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Aire in 1580.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/argentinaplansl.htm (243 words)

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