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Velazquez de Cuellar, Diego 1465-1524
Spanish soldier and colonialist

He accompanied Columbus to Hispaniola in 1494, and in 1511 conquered Cuba, of which he became Governor from 1511 to 1524, and founded Havana. He sent out various expeditions of conquest, including in 1519 the Mexican expedition of Hernán Cortés.