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Enciso, Martín Fernández de

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Enciso, Martín Fernández de (märtēn` fĕrnän`dāth dā ĕnthē`sō), fl. 1509–19, Spanish conquistador and geographer. Commanding the supply ship for the colony planted (1509) near Cartagena by Ojeda Ojeda, Alonso de (älōn`sō thā ōhā`thä), c.1466–1515?, Spanish conquistador.
..... Click the link for more information. , he met the discouraged men who had abandoned the settlement and persuaded them to found a new one in Darién, where he had a troubled history as administrator. His Suma de geografía, an excellent commentary on the flora and fauna he had observed in the New World, appeared in 1519.
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