List of conquistadors in Colombia

This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia.The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into.Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were separate states at the time of birth of the early conquistadors.Important conquistadors and explorers were Alonso de Ojeda, who landed first at Colombian soil and founded the first settlement Santa Cruz,[1] Rodrigo de Bastidas, who founded the oldest still remaining city Santa Marta, Pedro de Heredia, who founded the important city of Cartagena in 1533, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who was the leader of the first and main expedition into the Andes (1536–1538), with his brother second in command and many other conquistadors, 80% of whom who didn't survive,[2][3] and Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar who entered the Colombian interior from the northwest and south respectively.
The Spanish Empire
( 1500 )
Exploration & conquest of Colombia
Legend :
• Leader – minor captain
Notes :
• >1539 expeditions in Llanos Orientales not shown
• expedition Pedro de Ursúa not shown
A map of exploration routes of
Alonso de Ojeda (1499–1502 & 1509–10)
Francisco Pizarro (1509–10)
4th voyage of Christopher Columbus , who touched upon later named after him Colombian, now Panamanian lands where he encountered the Kuna people
(1502–04)
Map of exploration routes of
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)
Francisco Pizarro
Martín Fernández de Enciso
Map of exploration routes of
Sebastián de Belalcázar (1514–1539)
Jorge Robledo
Gaspar de Rodas
Juan de Ampudia
Baltasar Maldonado
Routes of conquest in Colombia with the former Muisca Confederation in the heart of Colombia in orange
by Agustín Codazzi , 1890
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