Biography of Francisco de Vitoria Location of birth: Francisco de Vitoria was born on 1492 in Burgos (Spain). Location of death: Francisco de Vitoria died in August 12th,1546 in Salamanca (Spain). Positions held: - Professor of Theology in Paris and Valladolid. - Càtedra de Prima of the University of Salamanca in 1523. Most relevant facts starring Francisco de
Biography of Bartolomé de las Casas.
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Biography of Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany.
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The Council of the Indies, the government of Spanish America.
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The first round-the-world tour: the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano.
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The Burgos Laws of 1512.
As I already mentioned in the entry on the Request in the Spanish crown, serious concerns had arisen about the ill-treatment of some encomenderos against the Indians. These facts would delegitimize the conquest and colonization of the new lands, since this legitimation was based on the papal bulls of
Governor Bobadilla and Columbus to Castile.
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The government of Nicolas de Ovando (1502-1509).
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The Residencia Trials, the power against the power.
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Contour of Cuba sailed by Sebastián de Ocampo.
It's the year 1508. Once the political and economic situation normalized in the Hispaniola island Nicolás de Ovando ordered to extend the borders of the new Castilian lands sending expeditions to Cuba and Borinquén (now Puerto Rico). For the first expedition, he sent the Galician navigator Sebastian de Ocampo. On this
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, the head of the New World in Castile.
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Biography of Francisco de Bobadilla.
Nacimiento: Aragón (Spain) 1450 approximately. Death: 1502 near the coast of Hispaniola. The boat I was returning to Spain on was shipwrecked by a hurricane. Charges: - Officer of the Royal House and Knight of the Order of Calatrava. - In 1499, he was appointed governor and judge of the Hispaniola island to replace
Nicolás de Ovando, new governor and supreme judge of the Indies.
On September 3th,1501, taking only one year in power Don Francisco de Bobadilla, the Catholic Monarchs decided to dispense with their services and name the commendator of Lares Frey Nicolás de Ovando governor of Indias and Tierra Firme, except for the two governorates granted to Alonso de Ojeda (Coquibacoa) and Vicente Yáñez