Antonio de Lebrija (conquistador)

Antonio de Lebrija
Born	1507 Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
Died	1540 Brozas, Extremadura, Spain
Nationality	Castilian
Other names	Antonio de Nebrija
Occupation	Conquistador
Years active	1529-1539
Employer	Spanish Crown
Known for	Conquest of the Chimila Conquest of the Muisca
Relatives	Antonio de Nebrija (grandfather)
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Antonio de Lebrija (1507, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain – 1540, Brozas, Extremadura, Spain) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca and Chimila. He was treasurer of the conquest expedition leaving Santa Marta in April 1536 following the high quality salt trail, the Camino de la Sal, along the Suárez River up the slopes of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes towards the Muisca Confederation.

Antonio de Lebríja is mentioned as Librixa in the early chronicle about the Spanish conquest, a work of uncertain authorship; Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada.

Antonio de Lebrija was born in Alcántara in Extremadura in 1507, possibly as grandson of his namesake, historian and humanist Antonio de Nebrija. He left Spain for the New World with García de Lerma, arriving in 1529 in Santa Marta. Under the command of De Lerma's nephew, Pedro de Lerma, De Lebrija participated in the conquest of the Chimila in the Valle de Upar, Cesar. Here, he discovered the confluence of the Magdalena River with the tributary that received his name, the Lebrija River.