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Francisco de Montejo the Nephew
Francisco de Montejo the Nephew was a Spanish conquistador, nephew of the adelantado Francisco de Montejo, who took part in the final conquest of Yucatán in the 1540s. Leading campaigns into the eastern provinces, he subdued Chikinchel and Ecab and in 1543 founded the first Valladolid at Chauaca, moving it to the Maya town of Saci in 1545.
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