Martín de Telleria

Martín de Tellería y Arancibia
Personal details
Born 1610s
Guipúzcoa, Spain
Died 1690s
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Government
Profession Navigator
Religion Catholicism

Martín de Telleria (XVII century) was a Basque nobleman in the service of the Spanish Crown. He served as Navigator, Captain,[1] and as Governor of the Margarita Island, during The Spanish colonization of the Americas.[2]

Biography

Telleria was born in Guipúzcoa, (Spain), son of Santiago de Telleria.[3] He was appointed on February 19, 1669, as Governor of Isla de Margarita,[4] some sources said who the name Castillo San Carlos de Borromeo was given by the governor of Margarita, Martin de Telleria, in honor of King Charles II.[5] Telleria remained in office until December 1671.[6]

Martín Telleria had also served for the Viceroyalty of Peru, in July 1659 he had departed from the port of San Sebastián, bound for Buenos Aires.[7] The crew had arrived at the port of the city in 1660, aboard the Ship "Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu".[8] Telleria had been authorized by the King of Spain, to lead arms, ammunition and two companies of infantry to reinforce the Fort of Buenos Aires.[9]

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