Juan de Castellanos

Juan de Castellanos (March 9, 1522 – November 1606) was a Spanish poet, soldier and Catholic priest who lived in the New Kingdom of Granada. As one of the early Spanish chroniclers he has contributed to the knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, mainly the Muisca.

Biography Juan de Castellanos was born in Alanís, Andalusia, the son of Cristóbal Sánchez Castellanos and Catalina Sánchez. He spent part of his childhood in the nearby village of San Nicolás del Puerto, which he later recalled as his “homeland”.