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Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera arrives in the Canary Islands as captain general.

4 de diciembre de 1659 · Tenerife

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Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera arrives in the Canary Islands as captain general.
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Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera arrived in the Canary Islands on 4 December 1659 to serve as captain general and president of the Royal Court. He died in Tenerife in August 1660.

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  • Ministerio de Cultura, Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera: gobernador de Panamá y de Filipinas[↗]

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