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3 unusual facts about Zuazo


Zuazo

Alonso de Zuazo (1466–1539), Spanish lawyer and colonial judge, that was governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo

Puente Zuazo, bridge located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

Batería de Zuazo, battery located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain


Alonso de Zuazo

Alonso de Zuazo (also spelled Suazo) (1466, Spain – March 1539, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)) was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo.

In Santo Domingo, Zuazo wrote to Spanish King Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) and William de Croÿ, Charles's chamberlain, to inform them of the hidden costs of slavery in the New World (January 22, 1518).


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