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Group: Azcapotzalco (altépetl), or Tepanec Hegemony
People: Pedro Arias Dávila
Topic: Antarctic, Exploration of the
Location: Colombo Western Sri Lanka

Pedro Arias Dávila

Spanish colonial administrator
Years: 1468 - 1531

Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) y Ortiz de Cota (Segovia, Castile, c. 1468 – León, March 6, 1531, aged 63), is a Spanish colonial administrator.

He leads the first great Spanish expedition in the New World.