Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo, hee MAY nayth duh kay SAH thah, gawn THAH loh (1497?-1579), was a Spanish conqueror. He established the first Spanish settlement in the interior of what is now the South American nation of Colombia.
Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo
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