- The
Villasur expedition of 1720 was a
Spanish military expedition intended to
check New France's
growing influence on the
North American Great Plains,...
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dispatched an
armed expedition to
Nebraska under Lieutenant General Pedro de
Villasur in 1720. The
party was
attacked and destro**** near present-day Columbus...
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Villasur de
Herreros is a muni****lity
located in the
province of Burgos,
Castile and León, Spain.
According to the 2004
census (INE), the muni****lity...
- The
soldados de
cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier")
served in the
frontier garrisons of
northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to...
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guided the 1720
Villasur expedition to the area in a
Spanish effort to stop
French expansion onto the
Great Plains.
Naranjo and
Villasur's party made the...
- 1720 he was
appointed chief scout and
leader of
auxiliary troops on the
Villasur expedition,
despite having opposed it. He was
killed on 14
August 1720...
- Otoe
allied with the
French m****acred the
Spanish force led by
Pedro de
Villasur just
south of the
present site of Columbus. In 1739, the
French traders...
- –
benefited from a
regular trade. In 1720,
Spanish colonists sent the
Villasur expedition try to turn the
Pawnees away from
their French connections (which...
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Swedish offensive naval operations in
Baltic waters.
August 14 – The
Spanish Villasur expedition,
which set out on June 16 from New Mexico, with the intention...
- – who had
earlier been
befriended by
Bourgmont – m****acred the
Spanish Villasur expedition near present-day Columbus, Nebraska, on the
Missouri River,...
