Everything about Juan De Garay totally explained
Juan de Garay (
1528 –
1583) was a
Spanish conquistador.
Garay was born in
Orduña, in the
Basque Country. He worked and fought for the
Spanish Empire, first in the
Viceroyalty of Peru, and then at the
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He was governor of
Asunción (present day
Paraguay) and founded a number of cities in
Argentina, many near the
Paraná River area, as well as the second foundation of
Buenos Aires, in
1580.
In 1543 he sailed to
Peru with his uncle
Pedro de Zárate in Viceroy
Blasco Núñes Vela's first expedition. In
1561 he participated in the foundation of
Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In 1568 he moved to
Asunción were he attained political stature. The governor of Asunción sent him on April 1573, with a company of eighty men, on an expedition to the
Paraná River, during which he founded the city of
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz. In 1576 he was appointed governor of Asunción. As governor, he attempted to avoid bloodshed by bringing justice and civilization to the natives. For this end he founded Indian villages and established local governments with laws.
In 1580, already at the rank of Capitan General of the Viceroyalty, he performed the second foundation of the important city on the banks of the
Río de la Plata, which was first founded by
Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 under the name of
Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre, but was later destroyed by the natives. Garay founded
Buenos Aires a second time on July 11 in the year
1580. He landed on the bank of the River Plate and in the present
Mayo Square, he carried out the second foundation of Buenos Aires calling the city Santísima Trinidad and its port Santa María de los Buenos Ayres. This city continued after that to become the capital of Argentina.
Later, he went on an expedition in search for the legendary City of the Caesars (1581-1582).
Juan de Garay died near the
Río de la Plata, while travelling from Buenos Aires to
Santa Fe on March 20,
1583, his group of 40 men, a Franciscan and some women entered the area of an unknown lagoon and decided to spend the night on the banks of the
Carcarañá River, near the ancient
Sancti Spíritus Fort. His group was ambushed by
Querandíes Indians killing Garay, the Franciscan, a woman and twelve of the soldiers.
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