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Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial administrator. Member of the Order of Calatrava, in 1499, de Bobadilla was appointed to succeed Christopher Columbus as the second governor of the Indies, Spain's new territories in America, by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Upon his arrival at Santo Domingo, Hispaniola (present day Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) in August 1500, de Bobadilla upheld accusations of mismanagement made against Columbus, and had Columbus sent back to Spain in chains.[1]
In 1502, he was replaced as governor of Hispaniola by Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres.
He died July 1st, 1502, lost at sea on the flagship, El Dorado, of a convoy in the Mona Passage returning to Spain. The only surviving ship, the Aguja, was the weakest ship of the convoy and had been designated by Ovando to carry the gold Columbus was owed spurring accusations that Columbus magically invoked the storm out of vengeance.[1]
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