Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz

Sánchez de la Hoz, served as secretary to Pizarro in Peru during the conquest of Cuzco and wrote an account of the conquest of Peru. In the manuscript, he expressed admiration of the Cuzco architecture, saying it is "so great and so beautiful and with so many buildings that it would be worthy to be seen in Spain." While the original manuscript was lost, the work was preserved in Italian translation and has subsequently been translated to other languages, serving as a valuable account of both the Spanish conquest and Incan ethnography. After some financial success, he returned to Spain and was granted leave by Emperor Charles V to return to the New World where he conflicted with rival conquistador Pedro de Valdivia over different grants to lands south of Peru. In 1547 Francisco de Villagra, one of Valdivia's men, had Sánchez de la Hoz executed for leading a rebellion. • Illustration — View of the capitulaciones granted by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1534 According to Argentina and Chile the capitulación granted to Sánchez de la Hoz proves the Spanish Empire had claims and an animus occupandi on the lands that would later be called Antarctica. Given that Chile and Argentina have historically successfully established their border based on the uti possidetis iuris principle of international law the Sánchez de la Hoz grant forms part of their arguments for territorial claims in Antarctica.

• Honorific Prefix — Adelantado • Name — Pedro Sancho de la Hoz • Order — 1st Adelantado of Terra Australis • Term Start — January 24, 1539 • Term End — August 2, 1540 • Monarch — Charles I of Spain • Predecessor — Creation of the title • Successor — Pedro de Valdivia • Born — 1514 • Birthplace — Calahorra, Old Castile, Crown of Castile • Died — December, 1547 (aged 33) • Place of death — Santiago, Chile • Occupation — Adelantado, chronicler, explorer and conquistador • Allegiance — Spanish Empire