Juan de Tolosa

Juan de Tolosa
Bornc. 1515
Tolosa, Spain
Diedbefore 1594 (aged 78-79)
NationalitySpanish
SpouseLeonor Cortés Moctezuma
ChildrenJuan de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma
Leonor de Tolosa Cortés Moctezuma
Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma
RelativesHernán Cortés (father-in-law)
Isabel Moctezuma (mother-in-law)
Juan de Oñate (son-in-law)

Juan de Tolosa (c. 1515-before 1594) was a Spanish Basque conquistador. He discovered rich silver deposits near the present day city of Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1546.[1][2]

  1. ^ Canudas, Enrique (2005). Las venas de plata en la historia de México: síntesis de historia económica, Siglo XIX, Volume 1. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. p. 186. ISBN 970-94243-1-9.
  2. ^ Himmerich y Valencia, Robert (1996). The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555. University of Texas Press. p. 147. ISBN 0-292-73108-6.