Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - after 1583, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[1] He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539 and settled in the city.[4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was mayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño.[3]
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1510 |
| Died | >1583 |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest for El Dorado |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar |
| Children | Elvira Camacho Zambrano María Zambrana de Cuéllar Juan Camacho Zambrano Juana Zambrana Anastasia Camacho Zambrano Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano Esteban Zambrana |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law) |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1583–1583 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera |
| Notes | |
Biography
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in the Extremaduran village Villafranca de los Barros with parents Juan Martin Camacho Savidos and Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana. He had a brother named Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos. Camacho Zambrano married Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had seven children; two sons and five daughters.[2] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor.[5]
See also
References
- (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
- (in Spanish) Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano - Geni
- Muñoz Cárdenas, 2014, p.20
- (in Spanish) Cronología histórica - año 1539
- Pedro Ruiz Corredor - Geni
Bibliography
- Muñoz Cárdenas, Felipe Andrés. 2014. La Administración de Tunja a través del siglo XX - The Administration of Tunja through the twentieth century, 1-163. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Accessed 2017-03-06.
Further reading
- Acosta, Joaquín. 1848. Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto - Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, 1-460. Beau Press. Accessed 2017-03-01.
- De Castellanos, Juan. 1857 (1589). Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias, 1–567. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- Fernández de Piedrahita, Lucas. 1676. VI.Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo. 1576. Memoria de los descubridores, que entraron conmigo a descubrir y conquistar el Reino de Granada. Accessed 2017-03-01.
- De Plaza, José Antonio. 1810. Memorias para la historia de la Nueva Granada desde su descubrimiento el 20 de julio de 1810, 1-464. Imprenta del Neo-Granadino. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- Rodríguez Freyle, Juan, and Darío Achury Valenzuela. 1979 (1859) (1638). El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1-592. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- Simón, Pedro. 1892 (1626). Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882-92) vol.1-5. Accessed 2017-03-01.
- N, N. 1979 (1889) (1539). Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada, 81-97. Banco de la República. Accessed 2017-03-01.
