Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (born 1495)

Pedro de Alvarado

Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala

Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador, adelantado, governor and captain general of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of the Aztec Empire…