Francisco Núñez Melián

Francisco Núñez Melián
Governor of Venezuela
In office 1630–1637
Preceded by	Juan de Meneses y Padilla
Succeeded by	Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor
Governor of Yucatán
In office 1643 – 1644[1]
Preceded by	Diego Zapata de Cárdenas
Succeeded by	Enrique Dávila Pacheco (interim)
Personal details
Born	15?? Madrid, Spain
Died	1644 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Francisco Núñez Melián (died 13 April 1644) was a Spanish adventurer and royal administrator.

In 1626, he led an expedition to locate the wrecks of the two ships Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Santa Margarita. On 3 June 1626 one of his slaves, Casta Bañon, discovered the wreck of Santa Margarita.^[2]

He was Governor of Venezuela from 1630 to 1637. Between 1643 and 1644 he was Governor of Yucatán, appointed by Philip IV of Spain. He died while in office on 13 April 1644.

References

1. "Gobernadores". merida.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2012.
2. John Christopher Fine (2005). Lost on the Ocean Floor: Diving the World's Ghost Ships. Naval Institute Press. pp. 1–11. ISBN 1-59114-275-X.

External links

• The Melian Document