Diego de nicuesa biography template
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This earned the name of Castilla del Oro to the area.
Diego de nicuesa biography template
All of Tierra Firme, West of the Gulf of Darien, was named Castilla del Oro, while all of the land to the East was named Nueva Andalusia, which included the North Coast of South America.
It wasn't until 1508, four years after, that any interest to colonize Tierra Firme was attempted
At that time, there were two Spaniards interested in colonizing Tierra Firme.
One was Alonso de Ojeda and the other was Diego de Nicuesa. Ojeda, lacked the funds to attempt such an enterprise, and joined forces with Juan de la Cosa, who had been with Columbus and others, on voyages to the New World, and had accumulated a small fortune from these exploits.
Nicuesa had the advantage of being richer than Ojeda and a member of the Spanish Court. He held the of