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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of Cuba from 1511 and became its first governor. He founded Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba and Havana, and the Taíno chief Hatuey, who resisted, was burnt in 1512. In 1519 he sent Hernán Cortés to Mexico but failed to stop him acting on his own account.
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