Francisco de Garay
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Francisco de Garay (1475 in Sopuerta, Biscay – 1523) was a Spanish Basque conquistador. He was a companion to Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World and arrived in Hispaniola in 1493.[1] Here he attracted attention when he encountered a large gold nugget worth four thousand pesos.[2] In 1496, Miguel Diaz and Francisco de Garay found gold nuggets along the Haina River.[3]