Hernando Martel

Hernando Martel
Don Hernando Martel.
Bornc. 1515
Seville, Spain
Died
Santa María de los Lagos, Kingdom of Nueva Galicia
(now Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico)
Occupation(s)Conquistador, colonizer, settler and military officer for the Crown of Castile

Hernando Martel (fl. 16th century) was a Spanish conquistador, judge, politician and military officer, born in Seville, Spain. He conquered and pacified much of the region known today as Lagos de Moreno.[1]

  1. ^ Noticias varias de Nueva Galicia, intendencia de Guadalajara (1901) By "El Estado de Jalisco."(Mexico)