Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (born 1440)

Pedro Arias Dávila

Royal Governor of Panama

Pedro Arias de Ávila was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the Americas. There, he served as governor of Panama (1514–1526) and Nicaragua (1527–1531), and founded Panama City (1519). He died in 1531 aged…