Martín Galeano was a Spanish conquistador of Genovese descent who is known as the founder of the towns of Vélez, Oiba and Charalá in Santander, Colombia. He took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After the foundation of Bogotá, he was sent northwards into Guane territories. List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
Biography Martín Galeano was born in Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz or Genoa and had one brother, Pedro Galeano, and one sister, Ángela Jiménez Galeano. He married twice: with an unnamed woman; and with Isabel Juan de Meteller, formerly married to Pedro Ortuño Royo. With the unnamed woman, Galeano had one daughter; Marina, or Martina, Galeano, who became an encomendera.
Conquest by Martín Galeano Namebold is founded Department Date Year Notes Map Vélez Santander 2 July or14 September 1539 Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.144 Official website Vélez Oiba Santander 28 February 1540 Fundaciones de ciudades y poblaciones - Banco de la República Charalá Santander 23 July 1540 Official website Charalá Simacota Santander 1551
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List of conquistadors in Colombia Spanish conquest of the Muisca El Dorado Spanish conquest of the Guane, Hernán Pérez de Quesada Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Guane, Vélez
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