age ~52
from Miami, FL
1502
Governor
He died during a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that wrecked 20 vessels of the 31-ship convoy, including the flagship, " El Dorado ", in the Mona Passage returning to Spain.
As a member of the Order of Calatrava, in 1499, de Bobadilla was appointed to succeed Christopher Columbus as the second governor of the Indies, Spain's new territories in Americas, by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile....