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Francisco de Ibarra

Type Figure Region Mexico Time c. 1539–1575 Also known as Ibarra

Francisco de Ibarra was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial pioneer who established the province of Nueva Vizcaya in northern New Spain,…

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  1. c. 1539–1563Guadalajara · JaliscoIbarra came of Basque nobility in Spain and later went to New Spain to take part in colonial conquest. In the 1560s he received authorization from the viceroy to push north, gradually advancing into what is now northwestern Mexico.
  2. 1564–1575Durango · DurangoHe established outposts such as Copala in 1564, set the capital at Durango in 1574, and formally organized the province of Nueva Vizcaya. During this period he conquered local indigenous tribes and promoted mining and agricultural colonization, laying the administrative framework of northern Mexico until his death in 1575.

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