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Spanish explorer and conquistador

Luis de Moscoso Alvarado (–) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.

Luis de Moscoso Alvarado assumed command of Hernando De Soto's expedition upon the latter's death.

Early life

Luis de Moscoso Alvarado was born in Badajoz, Spain, to Alonso Hernández Diosdado Mosquera de Moscoso and Isabel de Alvarado.

De Moscoso had two brothers, Juan de Alvarado and Cristóbal de Mosquera. His uncle was the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, who had excelled in the conquests of Mexico and Central America.^[1]

Career

Expeditions with Pedro de Alvarado

Alvarado accompanied his uncle on expeditions to the Americas, where he participated in the conquest of present-day Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.^[1] In Pedro sent Luis to El Salvador to