Francisco Hernández de Córdoba

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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador credited with leading one of the first European expeditions to explore the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.

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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
causeOfDeath battle wounds ⓘ
commanded three ships on the 1517 Yucatán expedition ⓘ
contemporaryOf Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1475 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1517 ⓘ
departurePoint Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
employer Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Spaniards ⓘ
expedition 1517 expedition to Yucatán ⓘ
expeditionSponsoredBy Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ
explored Gulf of Mexico region ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Mexico

Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
coast of present-day Mexico ⓘ
foughtAgainst Maya inhabitants of Yucatán ⓘ
hasFamilyName Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasGivenName Francisco ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish conquest of the Americas ⓘ
knownFor first reported European contact with parts of the Yucatán coast ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath died of wounds received in battle ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
nationality Spanish ⓘ
nobleTitle hidalgo ⓘ
notableFor early Spanish exploration of the Maya region ⓘ
leading one of the first European expeditions to the Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
occupation conquistador ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
participantIn Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
early Spanish expeditions to Mexico ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile ⓘ
Córdoba, Andalusia ⓘ
linked to: Córdoba
placeOfDeath Campeche region ⓘ
linked to: Campeche state

Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
regionOfActivity Caribbean ⓘ
New World ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subjectOf histories of early exploration of Mexico ⓘ
studies of first contacts between Spaniards and Maya ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → sentExpedition → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
Nicaraguan córdoba → namedAfter → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
Granada → foundedBy → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
Pedrarias Dávila → associatedWith → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
León Viejo archaeological site → foundedBy → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador) → hasNameInLanguage → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
subject linked to: Hernández de Córdoba
Granada, Nicaragua → foundedBy → Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ