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Group: Vestfold, (Scandinavian) petty kingdom of
People: Francisco de Garay
Topic: Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia
Location: Scone Perthshire United Kingdom

Francisco de Garay

Spanish Basque conquistador
Years: 1475 - 1523

Francisco de Garay (died 1523) is a Spanish Basque conquistador.

He is a companion to Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World and arrives in Hispaniola in 1493.

Here he attracts attention when he encounters a large gold nugget worth four thousand pesos.