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| Dávila secured license to continue exploration and conquest and returned to Central America by way of Honduras. Hernández de Córdoba entered Nicaragua and founded León and Granada (1523). Following a conflict with Dávila, Hernández de Córdoba rebelled against Governor Ávila and was executed (1526). Ávila became governor of Nicaragua and dispatched an expedition along the San Juan River to the sea, sacking and enslaving the Indian population. | 1 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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