Andrés Dorantes de Carranza

Andrés Dorantes de Carranza
Bornca. 1500
Béjar del Castañar, Salamanca (or in Gibraleón, Huelva), Spain
Died1550s
New Spain?
NationalityCastillan
OccupationExplorer

Andrés Dorantes de Carranza (ca. 1500 – 1550s), was an early Spanish explorer in the Americas. He was one of the four last survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and Estevanico, Dorantes' slave of African descent.

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