Gil González Dávila, 16th-century Spanish Conquistador, discoverer of Nicaragua
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When in 1521 Gil González Dávila received a commission from the crown of Spain to explore and conquer the Pacific coast north of Panama, he constructed four vessels with timber that was transported with immense labor across the isthmus from the Atlantic, and, appointing Niño chief pilot, sailed on 21 January 1522, from Tararegui, in the Bay of San Miguel.