adelantado of Río de la Plata

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The adelantado of Río de la Plata was a Spanish royal governor and military leader granted authority to conquer, colonize, and administer the Río de la Plata region in South America during the early colonial period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
adelantado of Río de la Plata canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial office ⓘ
military command ⓘ
royal governorship ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Governorate of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
Río de la Plata region ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
appointedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
duty conversion of Indigenous peoples to Christianity ⓘ
defense of the territory ⓘ
implementation of Spanish law ⓘ
reporting to the Council of the Indies ⓘ
endTime early colonial period ⓘ
firstHolder Pedro de Mendoza ⓘ
grants hereditary rights in conquered territory ⓘ
right to collect certain revenues ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver administration ⓘ
colonization ⓘ
conquest ⓘ
distribution of encomiendas ⓘ
founding of settlements ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Capitulación (royal contract) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
languageOfRecord Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Río de la Plata Basin ⓘ
linked to: La Plata Basin

South America ⓘ
present-day Argentina ⓘ
present-day Paraguay ⓘ
present-day Uruguay ⓘ
present-day southern Brazil ⓘ
notableHolder Domingo Martínez de Irala ⓘ
Pedro de Mendoza ⓘ
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
relatedTo Governorate of New Andalusia (Río de la Plata) ⓘ
founding of Asunción ⓘ
founding of Buenos Aires ⓘ
religionAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy later Bourbon administrative reforms ⓘ
standard royal governorships ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
subclassOf adelantado ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca → positionHeld → adelantado of Río de la Plata ⓘ