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Article: Diego de Velázquez
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Diego de Velázquez , c.1460-1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage (1493) to Hispaniola and in 1511 commanded an expedition sent by Diego Columbus to conquer Cuba. Landing at
Baracoa
, where he established the seat of government, by 1514 he had completed occupation of the island with the aid of his friend and chief lieutenant, Pánfilo de
Narváez
. Velázquez continued the colonization of Cuba and founded many of its principal towns. Before he sailed for Cuba, there had been ill feeling between him and Diego Columbus; soon after conquering Cuba, Velázquez ...
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Article: Bernardo de Gálvez
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... ... the American Revolution, Gálvez first played the role ... services, being made count of Gálvez, lieutenant general ... addition, captain general of Cuba in 1784, and in 1785 succeeded ... father, Matías de Gálvez, as viceroy of New Spain ...
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