Monday 11 June 2018

53) Pánfilo de Narváez

Pánfilo de Narváez (1470 (or '78) –1528). Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain, he first embarked to Jamaica in 1510 as a soldier. He came to participate in the conquest of Cuba and led an expedition to Camagüey escorting Bartolomé de las Casas. Las Casas described him as exceedingly cruel towards the natives.

- "Crowned with red hair, all the evidence suggests that Panfilo de Narváez was a true sociopath." http://floridamaritime.org/floridafrontier/?page_id=1466

- "This tall, fat, one-eyed conquistador with his flaming red hair and beard, ruddy face and booming voice - which sounded, one chronicler says, like it came from a deep cave - must have made a vivid impression on Cabeza de Vaca.https://books.google.it

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