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Athena Review 1,3: Alonzo de Ojeda on the coasts of Columbia and Panama - English
URL: http://www.athenapub.com/martyr2.htm

The Spanish navigators Alonzo de Ojeda and Diego Nicuesa set out in 1499 from Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to explore the northern coast of South America. The following excerpt is from Peter Martyr's account, De Orbe Novo (1511) derived from first hand reports to which Martyr had access, as Royal Chronicler for Spain.

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Alonso de Ojeda - French
URL: http://www.publius-historicus.com/ojeda.htm

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Ojeda commande un navire pendant la 2ème expédition de Christophe Colomb (1493). De retour en Espagne, il organise sa propre expédition avec Vespucci et part avec lui en 1499. Ils explorent la côte sud-amércaine. Ils reviennent avec quelques richesses et des esclaves. Vespucci fait un récit détaillé et haut en couleurs tandis que Ojeda est nommé gouverneur des nouvelles terres explorées. Ojeda continue d'explorer le nouveau continent lors de plusieurs voyages entre 1502-1505.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alonso de Ojeda - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11230a.htm

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He came of an impoverished noble family, but had the good fortune to start his career in the household of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia. He early gained the patronage of Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, Bishop of Burgos and later Patriarch of the Indies, who made it possible for Ojeda to accompany Columbus in his second voyage to the New World. Ojeda distinguished himself there by his daring in battle with the natives, towards whom, however, he was unduly harsh and vindictive.

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