Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada. (1509-1579) was a Spanish explorer and conqueror in Colombia. Although successful in their journeys where purchased large quantities of gold and emeralds, ended his career so disastrous for what has been speculated that was used by Cervantes as a model for Don Quijote. There was a lawyer by profession. He was appointed chief justice of the colony of Santa Marta (on the north coast of the current Colombia) came in 1535 when the fleet of Pedro Fernandez de Lugo.