Adelantado - a kind of military governorate in the Spanish colonies in the era of conquest in the 16th and 17th centuries. Those performing such functions were usually granted the freedom to exploit the country in exchange for investigating, conquering and pacifying the territory for the benefit of the Crown. The term comes from spanish. por adelantado: go forward, go head. In some documents from XIth century Castile and Navarre, you can meet this term, but they do not explain the scope of duties associated with the office adelantada. The earliest known adelentado was appointed in 1253 during the Reconquista Territory called "La Frontera" (Andalusia).
Adelantados represented the kings of Castile, and from the reign of Ferdinand III until the 17th century possessed administrative authority in the provinces entrusted to them. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Adelantado de Las Indias for Filip II was probably the most talented and best known official of its kind. Alonso Fernández de Lugo served as adelantado in the Canary Islands in the late 15th century. Another famous holder of this title was the brother of Christopher Columbus, Bartolomeo, who managed Hispaniola in the absence of his brother.
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