Person
Pedro Arias Dávila
Spanish colonial administrator
b. 1468 CE – d. 1531 CE
World The Far West
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.
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Moran, J. (2017). Pedro Arias Dávila. History Atlas. Retrieved 25 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/pedro-arias-davila/
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