What the records say
- When
- Jan 1525
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.28° N, 76.85° W
- Description
- 1525 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Punta Quemada
1525 battle in South America
The Battle of Punta Quemada, fought sometime in January 1525, was a brief encounter between a band of Spanish conquistadors and the "warlike natives" of Colombia, thought to be a northern tributary tribe to the Andean Kingdom of Quito, subordinate to and as well northern capital of the Inca Empire.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'expédition de Francisco Pizarro, en route vers le Pérou, débarque en Tierra Firme à Candelaria, en Colombie actuelle”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page