Pedro de Candia
Pedro de Candia (Pietro de Cândia) (Spanish pronunciation:
Early life
He was born on the island of Crete, which then was part of the Republic of Venice, known as the Kingdom of Candia, in the city of Heraklion (then called Candia, hence his appellation). He left the island through one of his mother's relatives at the service of the Crown of Aragon, who took him to the Kingdoms of Italy. During his period in Italy he was training to become a Condottiero and trained in the arms; he fought against the Turks and in the Italian campaigns including the Battle of Pavia,[6]: 114 before transferring to the Iberian peninsula to serve the Spanish Catholic Queen and King. Pedro was eventually married in Spain at Villalpando.
Conquest of Peru
During his first incursion, he went to America with Governor Pedro de los Ríos in 1526 to explore Panama and the Colombian coastline.[6]: 114
Then sent by the Spanish Crown assigned on a special edict to engage with local natives, he accompanied
He was present at the defeat and imprisonment of the
After the defeat of Almagro at Battle of Las Salinas, Candia undertook the conquest of Ambaya beyond the Andes, but was unsuccessful, being finally arrested by order of Hernando Pizarro.[8] Disgusted at his treatment, and deserted by his old friends, he then joined the followers of Almagro and, with the aid of sixteen other Greeks, brought the guns that were taken by young Almagro to the battle of Chupas,[9] where Candia supported the local natives by performing badly in the battle. Almagro suspected treason and ordered his troops to kill Candia after attacking him with his own hands.
Legacy
Based on his special assignment to engage with local natives by the Spanish Crown edict, Candia took special attention to communicating with the Incas and other vassal natives, that helped him to record his greatest discovery of the Golden Temple of the Sun built by
Sources
- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio de) Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar Oceano (1601-1615) in Colección clasicos Tavera (serie 1, Vol. 1-2) Edizione su CD.
- Tauro del Pino, Alberto: Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú. Tercera Edición. Tomo 3, BEI-CAN. Lima, PEISA, 2001. ISBN 9972-40-149-9
- Gómara (Francisco López de) Historia general de las Indias (1552) in Bibl. Aut. Esp. Tomo LXII, Madrid 1946
- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio de) Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar Oceano (1601-1615) in Colección clasicos Tavera (serie 1, Vol. 1-2) Edizione su CD
- Oviedo y Valdés (Gonzalo Fernández de) Historia general y natural de las Indias in Bibl Aut. Esp. Tomi CXVII; CXVIII; CXIX; CXX; CXXI, Madrid 1992
- Pizarro y Orellana (Fernando) "Vida del mariscal y adelantado Don Diego de Almagro el viejo y de su hijo Don Diego de Almagro" in Varones Illustres del Nuevo Mundo. Madrid 1639
- Pizarro (Pedro) Relación del descubrimiento y conquista de los Reynos del peru. (1571) In Bibl. Aut. Esp. (tomo CLVIII, Madrid 1968)
- Garcilaso (Inca de la Vega) La conquista del Peru (1617) BUR, Milano 2001
- Zárate (Agustín de) Historia del descubrimiento y conquista de la provincia del Perú (1555) In Bibl. Aut. Esp. (tomo XXVI, Madrid 1947)
See also
References
- ^ PATRONATO,28,R.22 Concesión título nobles a caballeros: compañeros de Pizarro 1529-07-26 Real Provisión por la que se concede la gracia de noble si fuese plebeyo, la de caballero al hidalgo, y la de Grandee a don Pedro de Candia, en premio por sus servicios en la conquista de Tumbes en compañía de Francisco Pizarro, otorgan 3 titulos a don Pedro de Candia, originario de Creta y a su descendencia, quien fue uno de los primeros conquistadores de Perú, encomendado a Poblar la Inmensidad Insular: sociedades, conflictividad y representación- Real Provisión, Patronato, atestiguado en Toledo, 26 de julio de 1529, Page 350, 2010 - 548 pages, Spain.
- ^ James Lockhart , Spanish Peru, 1532-1560: a social history p.g. 142
- ^ "GreenApple-Πράσινο Μήλο Ηλεκτρονικό περιοδικό με άρθρα για Επιστήμες Περιβάλλον Πολιτισμός". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Primera parte de los Comentarios reales que tratan de el origen de los Incas, Madrid 1829 by Garcilaso de la Vega p. 366
- ^ ISBN 9781420941142
- ^ ISBN 9780822321460
- ^ Andagoya, Pascual de. Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila. The Hakluyt Society. p. 45. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Pizarro (Pedro) Relación del descubrimiento y conquista de los Reynos del peru. (1571) In Bibl. Aut. Esp. (tomo CLVIII, Madrid 1968)
- ^ Inca Garcilaso de la Vega: Historia general del Perú. Tomo I. Lima, Editorial Universo S.A., 1972.
- ^ GKS 2232 4º: Guaman Poma, Nueva crónica del buen gobierno (1615),El episodio de Pedro de Candía, relato del Inca Garcilaso, versión de Cieza de León (Garcilaso [1617], libro I, cap. xiii, 1960 [Bib]: p. 32). Det Kongelige Bibliotek| http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/371/en/text/
- ^ Pobladores de Chile, 1565-1580, Genealogía de personajes destacados: Juan Martín de Candia, Conquistador de Chile, vecino fundador de Santiago, por Juan Guillermo Muñoz Correa, Ediciones Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, 1989. | https://www.genealog.cl/Apellidos/Candia/