2) Alvarado, Pedro de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alvarado, Pedro de, (pa´thro da alvara´tho) (KEY) , 1486-1541, Spanish conquistador. He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva,...

3) Alvarado, Juan Bautista. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alvarado, Juan Bautista, (hwan boutes´ta alvara´tho) (KEY) , 1809-82, governor of Alta California (1836-42), b. Monterey, Calif. Out of the chaotic times in the neglected...

4) Union City. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alameda co., W Calif., in an agricultural region; inc. 1959 with the merger of Decoto and Alvarado districts. Steel and iron products and aluminum are manufactured...

5) Cueva, Beatriz de la. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...kwa´va) (KEY) , d. 1541, governor of Guatemala. After the death of her husband, Pedro de Alvarado, she maneuvered her own election and became the only woman to govern...

6) Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...de Narvaez and joined in the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala. Accompanying Pedro de Alvarado up the west coast of Mexico, he assumed command of the expedition and...

7) Chichicastenango. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...times. It became the spiritual center of the Quiche after their defeat (1524) by Pedro de Alvarado. The town, often called Santo Tomas, is quaint and charming, with...

8) Popol Vuh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the Quiche, the original Popol Vuh was destroyed by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, but it was rewritten in Spanish by a converted Quiche shortly after...

9) Benalcazar, Sebastian de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pizarro in the conquest of Peru (1532). Setting out from Piura, he forestalled Pedro de Alvarado in support of Diego de Almagro, the elder, and entered (1533) the...

10) Sonsonate. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...crops are produced. The city was founded in 1524 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado. Sonsonate has two beautiful churches and is a point of departure for...