Silvestre de Balboa [SEP] place of death
Silvestre de Balboa
Silvestre de Balboa Troya Quesada (1563 – c.1647) was a Canary writer considered author of the first literary text in Cuba.
Very little information is known of him, among which is his baptism certificate dated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 30, 1563. Hidalgo, of the gentry, notes that he arrived in Cuba between 1590 and 1600.
It is known that in 1604 that he was in the city of Manzanillo, but later settled in the village of Santa María del Puerto
: 28 Sep 1725 – 12 Feb 1730
- Pedro Lasso de la Vega: 12 Feb 1730 – 1 Nov 1730
- Diego Félix de Balboa (interim): 1 Nov 1730 – 25 Aug 1734
- Francisco Cárdenas Pacheco: 25 Aug 1734 – 2 Apr 1740
- Miguel Fernández de Cárdenas: 2 Apr 1740 – 21 Sep 1746
- Domingo Gómez de la Sierra: 21 Sep 1746 – 8 Sep 1749
- Enrique de Olavide y Michelena (1st time): 8 Sep 1749 – 6 Nov