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Jorge de Alvarado

Spanish conquistador, brother of the more famous Pedro de Alvarado

b. 1460 CE – d. 1553 CE World The Far West

Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras (born 1460 Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain – died 1540 or 1541 or Madrid, 1553) is a Spanish conquistador, brother of the more famous Pedro de Alvarado.

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Moran, J. (2017). Jorge de Alvarado. History Atlas. Retrieved 20 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/jorge-de-alvarado/

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