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VENEZUELA 1567-1967 ☆PURE SILVER MEDAL☆NGC PF-65 ULTRA CAMEO ☆ SCARCE,MAGNIFICENTTHIS MEDAL US MUCH NICER THEN THE PICTURES AND A VERY GOOD PRICE.
On 25 July 1567, Captain Diego de Losadalaid the foundations of the city ofSantiago de León de Caracas.De Losada had been commissioned to capture the valley, and was successful by splitting the natives into different groups to work with, then fighting and defeating each of them.
Diego de Losaday Cabeza de Vaca(1511 – 1569) was a SpanishConquistadorand the founder ofSantiago de Leon de Caracas, thecapital of CaracasofVenezuela.
Losada was born inRio Negro del Puente, in what is now theprovince of Zamora. He reached Puerto Rico in 1533.
Losada founded Caracas in 1567 after defeatingTamanaco, theMarichechief. He died two years later, atBorburata.