Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489-1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was later involved with the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico, and with La Malinche he assisted Hernán Cortés in translating indigenous language to Spanish.
In 1511 Aguilar left Panama on a caravel sailing to Santo Domingo, accompanying the procurator Juan de Valdivia. They were shipwrecked...
Date of birth:
- 1489
Date of death:
- 1531
Also known as:
- Geronimo de Aguilar
