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c. 1497-1554. Spanish explorer who travelled
to Venezuela around 1530 and accompanied
Francisco Pizarro on his second expedition to
Peru. He then went south into Chile, where he
founded the cities of Santiago 1541 and
Valdivia 1544. In 1552 he crossed the Andes
to explore the Negro River. He was killed by
Araucanian Indians.