Quesada, Gonzalo Jiménez De

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Jiménez De Quesada, Gonzalo - c.1499–1579, Spanish conquistador in Colombia. Chief magistrate of Santa Marta, he was commissioned to explore the Magdalena in search of El Dorado. He set out in 1536, and after incredible hard...