Francisco de Garay
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Francisco de Garay (d. 1523) was a Spanish conquistador. He was a companion to Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.
From 1514 to 1523 Garay served as governor of Jamaica. Garay sent several expeditions to explore, map and claim lands extending from Florida to Mexico.
In 1519 Garat sent an expedition under Alfonso Álvarez de Pineda to map the coast between Florida and the northern limit of the lands visited by Diego Velázquez. The Mississippi River was shown on the maps as Rio del Espiritu Santo (River of the Holy Spirit). Garay also led expeditions and explored the Pánuco River region. However, he came into legal conflict with Hernan Cortés, and while in Mexico negotiating with Cortés, he died in 1523.
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- Historia del El Nuevo Reino De Leon (1577-1723) Eugenio Del Hoyo
- http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/uws1.html
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| Preceded by Juan Esquivel |
Governor of Santiago (Jamaica) 1514–1523 |
Succeeded by Pedro de Mazuelo |
