Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest - J. Michael Francis

In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. This title reconstructs the tale of the Jimenez expedition, the early stages of the Spanish conquest of Muisca territory, and the foundation of the city of Santa Fe de Bogota.