Pedro de Valdivia
Pedro De Valdivia (born towards 1500 with Villanueva of Serena, died in 1553 with the Chile) was a Spanish Conquistador left in South America and had become one of the lieutenants of Pizarro, the conqueror of the Peru. After a forwarding of Diego de Almagro (1536), it explored, starting from 1540, the northern half of Chile and fought the Indian populations there, thus preparing Spanish colonization, in spite of limited resources and the difficulties of the ground (deserted of Atacama, combative Indiens).
With the head of approximately 150 men, it founded the future capital Santiago (1541), which it initially baptized Santiago of nueva Extremadura ( Santiago of news Estrémadure ) in reference to the town of Santiago de Compostela (Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle) and to its area of origin. Then, it has creates the towns of Serena (1544), Concepción (1550) and Valdivia (1552). The logistic problems, the unreliability on behalf of its men and many risings of Indians, on several occasions obliged it to have recourse to the reinforcements coming from the Peru. It ends up consolidating its conquest and was named Gouverneur of Chile by the King d' Espagne (Charles Quint). It was however killed during a battle against the Indians Mapuches (or Araucans, which means unsubdued in Quechua), after having crossed the Río Biobío, a crowned river, and would have been cut up sharp.
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