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Domingo Martínez de Irala

1509 - 1556

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Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509 – 3 October 1556) was a Spanish-Basque conquistador. He headed for America in 1535 enrolled in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza and participated in the founding of Buenos Aires. He explored the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers along with Juan de Ayolas and was commanding the rear-guard when Ayolas' advance party was wiped out by the Payagua Indians. Unique in Spanish America, the colony had been granted by Charles V the right to elect its own commander under such circumstances; and in August 1538, de Irala was elected by the conquistadors as Captain General of the Río de la Plata. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Domingo Martínez de Irala is the 347th most popular explorer (up from 350th in 2019), the 1,239th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,308th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Domingo Martínez de Irala ranks 347 out of 498. Before him are Louis de Freycinet, Alexander Gordon Laing, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Yuri Lisyansky, Hugh Clapperton, and Sebastián Vizcaíno. After him are Paweł Strzelecki, Juan de Oñate, Florence Baker, Alexander Dalrymple, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, and Pyotr Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1509, Domingo Martínez de Irala ranks 19. Before him are Ippolito II d'Este, Étienne Dolet, Melchor Cano, Giovanni Morone, Isabel Moctezuma, and Pasquale Cicogna. After him is Federico Commandino. Among people deceased in 1556, Domingo Martínez de Irala ranks 17. Before him are Luigi Alamanni, Tullia d'Aragona, Richard Chancellor, Giovanni della Casa, Luca Ghini, and Francesco Venier. After him are Konrad Pellikan, and Hemu.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Domingo Martínez de Irala ranks 1,239 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Paz Vega (1976), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Javier Cercas (1962), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and Kiti Mánver (1953). After him are Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), Ricardo Blázquez (1942), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Émile Henry (1872), Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), and Quim Monzó (1952).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Domingo Martínez de Irala ranks 51. Before him are Juan Pizarro (1511), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Pedro Tafur (1410), Félix de Azara (1742), Pascual de Andagoya (1495), and Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548). After him are Francisco de Ulloa (1501), García López de Cárdenas (1500), Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494), and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1478).

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