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Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478, [3] died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain , he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier.
Cortés was leading a semblance of an expedition in eastern Mexico, amassing treasures in an attempt to convince the King of Spain to leave his conquest enterprise beyond Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar’s control. When Velázquez heard about this, he was furious. He decided to send Pánfilo de Narváez to regain control of the expedition.
La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), officially re-branded in Mexico as La Noche Victoriosa [2] ("The Victorious Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
Pánfilo de Narváez (1478–1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier. The name Panfilo is the Italian and Spanish form of the Latin name Pamphilus. Other notable people named Panfilo include: Pamphilus of Sulmona (7th century – 8th century), an Italian bishop and saint; Panfilo Castaldi (c. 1398 – c. 1490), an Italian physician and printer
The Narváez expedition was a Spanish expedition started in 1527 that was intended to explore Florida and establish colonial settlements. The expedition was initially led by Pánfilo de Narváez, who died in 1528.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ⓘ; c. 1488/90/92 [1] – after 19 May 1559 [2]) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497 – late 1528) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico) [1]: 50 and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernán Cortés was away from the capital (March 2, 1527 to August 22, 1527).
Cempoala or Zempoala (Nahuatl Cēmpoalātl 'Place of Twenty Waters') is an important Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the municipality of Úrsulo Galván in the Mexican state of Veracruz.