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Juan de Oñate

Spanish Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor

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Lived 1550–1626, aged 76Spain
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    1550–1626
    Aged 76
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Updated 2026-08-19

Juan de Oñate y Salazar (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. Oñate founded settlements in the province, now in the Southwestern United States.

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