Episode 1317
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Fri, 2020-Dec-11 00:04 UTC
Length - 1:38
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The random article for Friday, 11 December 2020 is Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Sebastián de Belalcázar (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan ðe βelalˈkaθaɾ]; 1479/1480 – 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. De Belalcázar, also written as de Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. De Belalcázar led expeditions in present-day Ecuador and Colombia and died of natural causes after being sentenced to death in Cartagena, at the Caribbean coast in 1551.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:04 UTC on Friday, 11 December 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Sebastián de Belalcázar on Wikipedia.
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