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People: Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Location: Battle of Campaldino Toscana Italy

The natives of Puná, having regrouped in …

Years: 1532 - 1532
May

The natives of Puná, having regrouped in the island's forests, have waged a guerrilla war with some success, destroying Spanish provisions and waylaying several scouts.

However, two Spanish ships with reinforcements, under Hernando de Soto, whose patron Pedro Arias Dávila had died in 1531, soon arrive by sea (with at least a hundred volunteers and several horses).

In return for the use of his ships, Pizarro appoints de Soto his chief lieutenant.

On these ships, the Spaniards, bound for more fruitful conquests on the Peruvian mainland, embark without incident and sail back …