Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada has…

Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada has been continually rebuffed by the Spanish crown because of rival claims to the territory that he has “discovered” for the West.

After nearly a dozen years of wandering disconsolately through the gaming halls of Europe, he finally receives only the honorary title of marshal of New Granada, to which he returns in 1550.

The crown has established an “audiencia” (tribunal) to administer the New Granada region.