Francisco de Montejo

Spanish explorer · Mexico · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1508 to 1565 · aged 57

Francisco de Montejo y León, known as "the Younger", was a Spanish conquistador, who in 1542 founded the city of Mérida, capital of State of Yucatán, Mexico.

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The son of Francisco de Montejo, ca. June 1527 he sailed with his father and his cousin Francisco de Montejo "the Nephew" from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Cozumel, launching the first military campaign of the conquest of Yucatán.

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