Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador (born 1465)

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

Spanish conquistador; 1st colonial governor of Cuba (1511–24)

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador and adelantado who was first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. As the first governor of the island, he established several municipalities that remain important to this day and…