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Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Living an extraordinary life of adventure, Alvarado participated in separate expeditions to Mexico, Central America, South America, and finally, North America. He is best known today for leading the conquistadors who defeated the Quiché and Cakchiquel Maya.

Alvarado was Hernán Cortés' second-in-command during the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1520. He then moved on to attack Guatemala and other parts of Central America before launching an expedition to Ecuador. Still fighting indigenous peoples into his 50s, Alvarado died in Mexico in 1541, having gained a life-long reputation for being one of the most ruthless and cruellest of all conquistadors, a highly competitive field for such a dishonour.

Early Life

Pedro de Alvarado y Mesía was born around 1485 in Badajoz, Spain. Alvarado first came to prominence when he voyaged to Spain's first colony in the Americas, Hispaniola (modern Dominican Republic/Haiti) in the Caribbean in 1510. In 1518, he was part of the expedition sent by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465-1524), the Governor of Cuba, to explore the Yucatán Peninsula. The group of conquistadors ('conquerors') was led by Juan de Grijalva (1489-1527), who Alvaredo did not get on with and whom he denounced to Velázquez.

Alvarado is given the following physical description by the celebrated Spanish chronicler Bernal Diáz (b. 1492) in his The Conquest of New Spain:

In every sense beautifully proportioned in body, noble in his gait…very pleasing features, and an amiable manner of expressing himself, so that there always appeared a smile on his countenance.

(Sheppard, 23)

In contrast to his pleasant physique, historians have been queueing up ever since to describe Alvarado's approach to conquest in far less flattering terms. The historian S. Sheppard gives a typical description of Alvarado as "impetuous, cruel, and utterly amoral" (ibid). Even his own men, largely ruthless cutthroats themselves, denounced Alvarado for his brutality.

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Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) était un conquistador espagnol qui devint le premier gouverneur du Guatemala en 1527. Il mena une vie d'aventure extraordinaire et participa à plusieurs expéditions au Mexique, en Amérique centrale, en Amérique du Sud et enfin en Amérique du Nord. Il est surtout connu aujourd'hui pour avoir été à la tête des conquistadors qui triomphèrent des Mayas Quiché et Cakchiquel.

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Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) fue un conquistador español que se convirtió en el primer gobernador de Guatemala en 1527. Con una extraordinaria vida de aventuras, Alvarado participó en distintas expediciones a México, Centroamérica, Sudamérica y, finalmente, Norteamérica. Hoy se lo conoce, sobre todo, por liderar a los conquistadores que derrotaron a los mayas quichés y cakchiqueles.

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Mi alma fue hecha por esta fecha (1501) Tecuelhuetzin Xicoténcatl María Luisa Xicoténcatl @legendsofthenewworld @hunter11_films #legendsofthenewworld #leyendasdelnuevomundo #troubleinnewcastille #desventurasennuevacastilla #shortfilm #cortometraje #corto #cine #movie #pelicula #cineguatemalteco #cineguatemala #film #trailer #cinematografia #movietrailer #epocacolonial #personajes #marialuisa #pedrodealvarado #actores #Xicoténcatl #artist #artista #antiguaguatemala #actress (en Guatemala City, Guatemala) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6cf-HM6VQ/?igshid=15twscwozue2g

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I reshare the story Gonzalo Guerrero for 1 main reason. ⭕ For Native descendents who feel it is "hopeless" to decolonize and reintegrate ourselves back to our ancestral cultures. Guerrero was able to become fully immersed in Mayan culture in just 8 years, and he was not even of Mayan descent. The main barrier to decolonization is you. You gotta want it. REPOST from @santosdelosangeles - The story of #GonzaloGuerrero blew my mind when I heard it... He was one of 2 survivors #shipwrecked off the #Mayan #Yucatan 7 years before #HernanCortes invaded #Mexico...during this time Gonzalo, became completely #acculturated in #Mayan society, married #ZazilHa known as #IxChelCan daughter of #NaChanCan ..together they became the parents of the first #mixedBlood #halfBreed #mestizo children... ...Gonzalo had the opportunity to return among the #Colonizers and participate in enslaving the #indigenous population, but he declined this and instead fought to defend his new family and died among the Maya in a battle against #PedroDeAlvarado ...#decolonize #descolonizate #Anahuac -

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of that frightening day when students protesting in the Tlatelolco plaza of the Three Cultures were attacked by the Mexican government. Much of it was covered up until recently. Yet there's still no justice for the victims 50 years later... Carlos Fuente "... at Tlatelolco, the plaza of the three cultures. Tlatelolco the same place where Pedro De Alvarado (a Spanish conquistador and one of Hernan Cortes' top lieutenants) had massacred the Aztecs in 1521." #tlatelolco #tlatelolco68 #mexicolindoyquerido #masacredetlatelolco #mexicanhistory #knowyourroots l #lovethyneighbor #rememberthepast #historyrepeatsitself #pedrodealvarado #hernancortes #gustavodiazordaz #guerrasucia #dirtywar #1968olympics #olimpiadas1968 #yearofrevolution #vivalarevolucion #libertad #igualidad #nosliberamos #amorrevolucionario (at National Museum of Mexican Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BocSCiGnPbd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jpmtbep2dpuq

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#Guatemala national #hero #tecunuman #maya #quiche #indian #nativeamerican #warrior #guerrero #heroe nacional #cincuentacentavosdequetzal #50centavosdequetzal #cincuentacentavos La #leyenda dice que murió en #batalla #peleando contra el #invasor #conquistador #español #pedrodealvarado y el #quetzal su ave protectora, cayó muerto con él, y con ellos murió la #libertad. The #legend says that he died #fighting the #spaniard #invader Pedro de Alvarado and his protector bird, the quetzal, died with him, and with them died their #liberty (at Guatemala)

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Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Living an extraordinary life of adventure, Alvarado participated in separate expeditions to Mexico, Central America, South America, and finally, North America. He is best known today for leading the conquistadors who defeated the Quiché and Cakchiquel Maya.

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