Diego de Zecenarro
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Diego de Zecenarro was a Spanish military man, captain of infantry of the royal armies of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Expedition
[edit]In 1677, together with his brother, Ensign Martín de Zecenarro, and numerous Franciscan religious led by Fray Juan de Ojeda, Diego travelled to what are now the provinces of Carabaya and Sandia, in the Peruvian department of Puno.[1]
The purpose of this expedition was to advance the exploration of the peoples and the towns surrounding the lower basin of the Tambopata and Inambari rivers (discovering the latter),[2] they eradicated local religions and established the Catholic religion by founding missionary posts.
They also attempted to find the mythical Paititi, as evidenced by various letters from the captain to the Viceroy.
References
[edit]- ^ Ríos Sánchez, Patrocinio (1992-01-01). "Acerca de "Castillo fuerte es nuestro Dios", de Lutero". Diálogo Ecuménico (89): 299–308. doi:10.36576/summa.1969.
- ^ Peru (1906). Misiones de Carabaya, del Cuzco y del Ucayali (in Spanish). Henrich y comp.