Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar

✶January 1, 1465

†June 12, 1524

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About their life

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador and adelantado who was first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. As the first governor of the island, he established several municipalities that remain important to this day and positioned Cuba as a center of trade and a staging point for expeditions of conquest elsewhere. From Cuba, he chartered important expeditions that led to the Spanish discovery and conquest of the Aztec Empire.

Spanish governor of Cuba

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Biography from the article Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.