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Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
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Bacatá
Area on the Bogotá Savannah
Bacatá is the name given to the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also found in texts referring to the modern settlement of Funza, in the centre of the savanna.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Muisca Confederation
Former Andean highlands confederation
The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers in the central Andean highlands of what is today Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America. The area, presently called Altiplano Cundiboyacense, comprised the current departments…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Part of the Spanish conquest of Colombia
The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca were the inhabitants of the central Andean highlands of Colombia before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They were organised in a loose confederation of different rulers; the psihipqua of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Spanish conquistador (1509–1579)
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named by him, New Kingdom of Granada, and founded its capital,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)