Person

Francisco de Garay

Spanish Basque conquistador

b. 1475 CE – d. 1523 CE World The Far West

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.

Moran, J. (2017). Francisco de Garay. History Atlas. Retrieved 2 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/francisco-de-garay/

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