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Blasco Núñez de Vela, primer marqués de Blasco (Ávila, [1] 1495-Iñaquito, 18 de enero de 1546), fue un militar y político español, capitán general de la Armada de las Indias. En 1530, fue el primero que capitaneó la Flota de Indias que cruzó el océano Atlántico llevando los cargamentos de oro y plata al rey Carlos I de España ...

Blasco Núñez Vela (blä´skō nōō´nyās vā´lä), d. 1546, first viceroy of Peru (1544–46). Sent to replace Vaca de Castro and to enforce the New Laws of Bartolomé de Las Casas, he had a violent, short career. He antagonized all in command and either ordered a murder or committed it himself.

Núñez Vela, Blasco. Ávila, c. 1490 – Añaquito (Perú), 18.I.1546. Primer virrey del Perú. Blasco Núñez de Vela nació en el seno de una familia noble.

Blasco Núñez Vela ( d. 18 January 1546), ill-fated first viceroy of Peru. From Ávila de los Caballeros, Núñez Vela had served as veedor general de las guardias de Castilla before his appointment as first viceroy of Peru. A large fifty-ship fleet carrying the viceroy and justices ( oidores) of the first Royal Audiencia of Lima sailed from ...

Blasco Núñez Vela was the first Spanish viceroy of South America . Serving from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546, he was charged by Charles V with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to protect the indigenous people of America from the rapacity of the conquistadors and their ...

Blasco Nuñez Vela, the Spanish Viceroy, arrived in the New World in early 1544 and announced that he intended to enforce the New Laws. In Peru, where the former conquistadors had the most to lose, the settlers rallied behind Gonzalo Pizarro , last of the Pizarro brothers (Juan and Francisco passed away and Hernando Pizarro was still alive but ...

NUÑEZ-VELA, Blasco, first viceroy of Peru,b. in Castile in the latter part of the 15th century; d. in Añaquito, Peru, 18 Jan., 1546. He had been governor of Malaga and Cuenca, and as one of his brothers was gentleman of the bed-chamber of the Emperor Charles V., and another was archbishop of Burgos, he enjoyed high favor at court, and was ...

The two gathered supporters and met on January 18, 1546 at Añaquito in present-day Ecuador, superiority in numbers and firepower ensured victory for Gonzalo Pizarro, who crushed the army of Blasco Núñez Vela, who was decapitated on the field of battle.