Note X‑43 — Chapter X · ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. 1531-1550.
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This convent was subsequently occupied by Dominicans, as the Flemish friars abandoned it in 1531, travelling in company with Fray Marcos de Niza to Costa Rica, Peru, Tierra Firme, Española, and Mexico. Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 21-2. Juan de Gandabo, a Franciscan friar, and one of the first that came to Nicaragua, was still in Granada in 1536, where he labored in company with Fray Francisco de Aragon. The place and date of his death are unknown. Notas, Datos Biog., in Cartas de Indias, 762.