Juan de Salazar de Epinosa
Deceased Person
1508 – 1560
Who was Juan de Salazar de Epinosa?
Juan de Salazar y Espinosa was a Spanish explorer, founder of the Paraguayan city of Asunción. Born in the city of Espinosa de los Monteros in Burgos, Spain, not much is known about his early life.
On August 1535 he set sail from the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda as a member of the expeditionary Pedro de Mendoza, who set sail towards the region of the Río de la Plata, arriving to the estuary of the Rio de la Plata in January 1536. After assisting Pedro de Mendoza in the first foundation of Buenos Aires, Juan de Salazar y Espinoza was then sent to look for Juan de Ayolas, who had been sent earlier by Pedro de Mendoza to explore the northern rivers of the Paraná and Paraguay River. He managed to find another member of Ayolas' party, Domingo Martínez de Irala, holed up in the Puerto de la Candelaria, which was founded by Ayolas earlier in February 1537.
While continuing his trip in the search of Ayolas, he founded a fort on the eastern banks of the Paraguay River which he named "Our Lady of Asunción", due to coincidence of that day, August 15, being the Christian] celebration of the Assumption of Mary. He then traveled as far as San Pedro to look for Ayolas, only to find that he had been killed by the Chaco Indians.
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- Born
- 1508
Espinosa de los Monteros - Also known as
- Juan de Salazar y Espinoza
- Nationality
- Spain
- Died
- 1560
Asunción
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on July 23, 2013
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