Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (died 1634)

Hernando Arias de Saavedra

Hernando Arias de Saavedra, commonly known as Hernandarias, was a soldier and politician of criollo ancestry. He was the first person born in the Americas to become a governor of a European colony in the New World, serving two terms as governor of Governorate of the Río de la…