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Diego María de la Tordoya

Cabeza la Vaca, Tentudía, Badajoz

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Diego María de la Tordoya

Curiosity · Cabeza la Vaca, Tentudía, Badajoz

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According to local history as recorded by the town council itself, Diego María de la Tordoya, a native of Cabeza la Vaca and a soldier in the Granada war, sailed with Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and died at Fort Navidad, on La Española, along with the other men left there. A street in the village bears his name.

1492

Photo: Pedro Coronado Vázquez (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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