Diego de Roxas
{{Short description|Spanish conquistador}}
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Diego de Roxas or Rojas (1500–1543) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, and conquistador of Central America and South America.{{cite book |year=2008 |title=Indígenas y Conquistadores de Córdoba |publisher=Ediciones Isquitipe |isbn=9789870543145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FLjAAAAMAAJ&q=diego+de+roxas++conquistador }}
Biography
Born 1500 in Burgos.{{Citation |title=Las palabras y el contexto. El habla de las loras de Burgos y su entorno |date=15 July 2014|publisher=By José María Fernández Manjón, Desiderio Fernández Manjón|isbn=9788415705291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJGCBAAAQBAJ&q=diego+de+rojas+burgos&pg=PT107}} Since arriving in America, Roxas was in charge of dangerous missions of explorations the rivers, in the border of Guatemala and Mexico, Roxas was accompanied by Aborigines of the area.{{Citation |title=Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las en las Islas i tierra |year=1730|publisher=By Antonio de Herrera Tordesillas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IyelljGcrMC&q=diego+de+roxas+mexico&pg=PA132}} Then he participated in the conquest of El Salvador.{{Citation |title=El Salvador: descubrimiento, conquista y colonización |year=1983 |publisher=Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia, 1983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNwWAAAAYAAJ&q=diego+de+roxas+conquista+del+salvador}} In 1536, the Conquistador Diego de Roxas, came to Peru, one of his first missions were under the orders of Governor Cristóbal Vaca de Castro, he demanded the exploration of land south of the region. In 1538 Roxas was Governor of the Province of Charcas, and is designated by Francisco Pizarro, for on a mission of exploration in the Gran Chaco.{{Citation |title=la arquitectura en le virreinato del peru y en la capitania general de chile |publisher=Juan Beanvides Courtois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7HIFLdkBiUC&q=la+arquitectura+en+le+virreinato+del+peru+y+en+la+capitania+general+de+chile&pg=PA95}} In 1543 Diego de Roxas, discovered what is now the Ciudad de Córdoba.{{Citation |title=Diccionario geográfico-historico de las Indias|year=1789|publisher=By Antonio de Alcedo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvyF1t0mCwkC&q=diego+de+roxas+peru&pg=PA213}} Roxas participated in the wars against the fearsome tribe Calchaquíes,{{Citation |title=Las Guerras Calchaquíes. Sus implicancias|year=2013|publisher=By Cantatore De Frank, Norma M|isbn=9789870268093|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQqvAAAAQBAJ&q=diego+de+roxas+peru&pg=PA18}} while he was exploring the puna jujeña, Roxas was murdered in a brawl, which occurred in Santiago del Estero.{{Citation |title=España en América "el blog" |publisher= by Jaime Bel Ventura|isbn= 9781471726934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCPDAwAAQBAJ&q=diego+de+rojas+santiago+del+estero&pg=PA415}}
Their descendants the General Diego de Roxas y Caravantes was Corregidor in the cities of Cordoba and Mendoza,{{Citation |title=Actas capitulares de Mendoza, Volume 3|year=1974|publisher=Mendoza (Argentina). Cabildo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pa_UAAAAMAAJ&q=diego+de+roxas++caravantes}} and Marcos de Roxas Caravantes was Alcalde in Chile.{{Citation |title=Colección de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional, Volume 44|publisher=Imprenta de Ferrocarril, 1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xL0-AAAAYAAJ&q=diego+de+roxas++caravantes+cordoba}} Salvador de Rojas was Captain of militia and resident of Córdoba.{{Citation |title=Boletín del Centro de Estudios Genealógicos de Córdoba, Volumes 30-31 |publisher=El Centro, 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxwrAQAAIAAJ&q=salvador+de+rojas+bernabe+calderon}}
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External links
- http://www.portaldesalta.gov.ar/tucuman.html
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Category:16th-century Spanish nobility
Category:Spanish conquistadors
Category:Explorers of Argentina