Martín de Tellería | |
Order: | Governor of the |
Office: | Margarita Island |
Term Start: | 1669 |
Term End: | 1671 |
Birth Date: | c.1610 |
Birth Place: | Guipúzcoa, Spain |
Death Date: | c.1690 |
Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Navigator |
Branch: | Spanish Navy |
Rank: | Captain |
Martín de Telleria (17th century) was a Basque nobleman in the service of the Spanish Crown. He served as navigator, Captain,[1] and as Governor of the Margarita Island, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.[2]
Telleria was born in Guipúzcoa, (Spain), son of Santiago de Telleria.[3] He was appointed on February 19, 1669, as Governor of Isla de Margarita,[4] some sources said who the name Castillo San Carlos de Borromeo was given by the governor of Margarita, Martin de Telleria, in honor of King Carlos II.[5] Telleria remained in office until December 1671.[6]
Martín Telleria had also served for the Viceroyalty of Peru, in July 1659 he had departed from the port of San Sebastián, bound for Buenos Aires.[7] The crew had arrived at the port of the city in 1660, aboard the Ship "Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu".[8] Telleria had been authorized by the King of Spain, to lead arms, ammunition and two companies of infantry to reinforce the Fuerte de Buenos Aires.[9]