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Diego de nicuesa biography of martin


The history of the Exploration of Panama by Diego de Nicuesa, the first governor of Catilla del Oro and Spanish Conquistador..

One, Diego de Nicuesa, is wealthy and a member of the Spanish Court.

When Columbus returned to Spain in 1504, after his fourth voyage to the New World, he reported on the rich goldfields in Veraguas on the Isthmus.

This earned the name of Castilla del Oro to the area. All of Tierra Firme, West of the Gulf of Darien, was named Castilla del Oro, while all of the land to the East was named  Nueva Andalusia, which included the North Coast of South America.

It wasn't until 1508,  four years after, that any interest to colonize Tierra Firme was attempted

At that time, there were two Spaniards interested in colonizing Tierra Firme.

One was Alonso de Ojeda and the other was Diego de Nicuesa.

Loose and careless life of the Spanish adventurer in the island.

  • Diego de Nicuesa was a very rich nobleman and a member of the Spanish Royal Court.
  • The history of the Exploration of Panama by Diego de Nicuesa, the first governor of Catilla del Oro and Spanish Conquistador.
  • Martín Fernández de Enciso (b.
  • One was Alonso de Ojeda and the other was Diego de Nicuesa.

    • Ojeda, lacked the funds to attempt such an enterprise, and joined forces with Juan de la Cosa, who had been with Columbus and others, on voyages to the New World, and had accumulated a small fortune from these exploits.

    Nicuesa had the advantage of being richer than Ojeda and a member of the Spanish Court.

    He held the of