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Alonso de Ojeda has a history much recently. As many other towns of our region, it arose as consequence of the Plan Badajoz, which was carried out in Extremadura somewhere near the 60s, fruit of the law of April 7, 1952. it forms in his origins like a small rural nucleus that was late approximately 10 years in be constructing, filling between the year 1963 and 1968. Up to coming on the day of today his construción has continued a rhythm gradually, being provided with the services, the enclaves and the buildings basic for his functioning. His biggest wealth in birds is in gray
It owes the name to Alonso de Ojeda, crew member who accompanied Columbus in his second trip to the Americas and which assignment was to look for the gold of Cibao. He was born in Cuenca in 1466 and died in Santo Domingo in 1516: (biography)
"Being part of the second trip of Columbus we find Alonso of Ojeda. The admiral will entrust to him the search of the rich region auriferous of Cibao in whose expedition had to help the jailer of the fortitude of Santo Tomás of the siege of the natives, led for the chief Caonabó, being this one caught. The reward of Reyes Católicos to Ojeda will be the authorization of six leagues of area in Maguana. To a little time it departed for Spain where it obtained, thanks to his narrow relation with the bishop Fonseca, the permission to realize an expedition to the newly open Pariah, breaking this way the monopoly that Columbus had to organize trips to the New World, according to the Capitulations of Santa Fe. In May of 1499 it departs from Cadiz and arrives at the mouth of the Orinoco, recognizing the coast understood between island Daisy and the end of the Sail. In September of the same year it returns The Spaniard where is received by it by certain mistrust for what it returns to Spain. In 1501 will be nominated by it a governor of the island of Cuquibacoa setting off a year following again towards Pariah in company of Juan de Vergara and García de Ocampo. His two associates will be caught and Ojeda will begin a suit of which it will manage to go out absolved. In 1507 one receives capitulation to cover the coast of New Andalusia and it sets off towards Cartagena along with Of the Thing. The conflicts with the natives will be very serious, perishing in an attack the proper one Of the Thing. Diego of Nicuesa will collaborate with Ojeda in the campaign against the natives, managing to found in February, 1510 San Sebastian, the first one European establishment in the continent Ojeda leaves the foundation -leaving Pizarro as manager of the defense - and moves to Santo Domingo, receiving news of that the foundation has been left. He will live poorly in Santo Domingo and will die in 1516." (fte.artehistoria) |
