Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [/ˈxwan de‿oˈɲate/] Huan-de-O-nya-te) (1550-1626) was a Novohispanic conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there.
Juan de Oñate y Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [/ˈxwan de‿oˈɲate/] Huan-de-O-nya-te) (1550-1626) was a Novohispanic conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there.
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