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Juan de Esquivel

d. c. 1513 · 16th century

Juan de Esquivel was a Spanish conquistador who crushed the Taíno rising in Higüey, in eastern Hispaniola, in 1503–1504, capturing the cacique Cotubanamá. In 1509 Diego Colón sent him to occupy Jamaica, where he founded Sevilla la Nueva on the north coast and became the island's first Spanish governor.

Juan de Esquivel
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Cacicazgo of HigüeySpanish Jamaica

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