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Jerónimo de Aguilar

Jerónimo de Aguilar
Image: Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla from Sevilla, España · CC BY 2.0 · source

Gerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Pedro de Mendoza1487 – June 23, 1537
  2. Ferdinand ColumbusAugust 15, 1488 – July 12, 1539
  3. Jerónimo de Aguilar (this page)1489–1531
  4. Antonio de Mendozacirca 1490 – July 21, 1552
  5. Antonio Pigafetta1490s – 16th century
  6. Giovanni da VerrazzanoJuly 20, 1491 – 1528

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