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Martin Ruiz de Gamboa
Martin Ruiz de Gamboa de Berriz was a Spanish conquistador, and served as a Royal Governor of Chile.
He was the son of Andres Ruiz de Gamboa and Nafarra de Berriz, and served as a youth in the royal navy in the Levant. Before the age of 18, he travelled to Peru, eventually arriving in Chile in 1552.
Remaining in the area, he would participate in the Arauco War, being named in 1565 the lieutenant general for the governor at the time Rodrigo de Quiroga, with whom he had familial ties after marrying his daughter Isabel de Quiroga. At this ...
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