He returned to Spain and was appointed the third adelantado of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata, with the goal of exploring and populating the lands, founding towns, and introducing cattle and horses. His expedition left the port of San Lúcar de Barrameda in October 1572 but reached the mouth of the Plata more than a year later, disembarking at the location of present-day Colonia, Uruguay.
Zárate attempted to subdue the Charrúa, who had destroyed several previous settlements in what is now Uruguay, but he was attacked and forced to seek shelter on Martín García Island. Juan de Garay, who had just founded the city of Santa Fe, was sent for and promptly came to the rescue; the combined forces defeated the Charrúas. Ortiz de Zárate was forced to leave a permanent guard at the settlement, while he marched to Asunción to assume his post as governor.
He held this office until his death in 1575. He willed his authority to his daughter, Juana, but was succeeded by her husband, Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón.
Referencesedit
(in Spanish) at Biografica.info.
(in Spanish) La Escuela Digital. Los Adelantados (1535-1590)
juan, ortiz, zárate, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2011, learn, . This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message Juan Ortiz de Zarate c 1521 Orduna Biscay Spain 1575 Asuncion Paraguay was a Spanish Basque explorer and conquistador He journeyed to the Americas as a teenager where he took part in the conquest of Peru under Diego de Almagro On the removal of Francisco Ortiz de Vergara from office he was the conquistadors preferred choice to be his replacement but the Royal Audience required he return to Spain for confirmation by the Council of the Indies while Felipe de Caceres governed in his stead He returned to Spain and was appointed the third adelantado of the Governorate of the Rio de la Plata with the goal of exploring and populating the lands founding towns and introducing cattle and horses His expedition left the port of San Lucar de Barrameda in October 1572 but reached the mouth of the Plata more than a year later disembarking at the location of present day Colonia Uruguay Zarate attempted to subdue the Charrua who had destroyed several previous settlements in what is now Uruguay but he was attacked and forced to seek shelter on Martin Garcia Island Juan de Garay who had just founded the city of Santa Fe was sent for and promptly came to the rescue the combined forces defeated the Charruas Ortiz de Zarate was forced to leave a permanent guard at the settlement while he marched to Asuncion to assume his post as governor He held this office until his death in 1575 He willed his authority to his daughter Juana but was succeeded by her husband Juan Torres de Vera y Aragon References edit in Spanish Ortiz de Zarate Juan at Biografica info in Spanish La Escuela Digital Los Adelantados 1535 1590 Preceded byFelipe de Caceres Governor of Rio de la Plata1572 1575 Succeeded byJuan Torres de Vera y Aragon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juan Ortiz de Zarate amp oldid 1197125641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
