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Sebastian de Belalcazar -LRB- 1479 or 1480 , Cordoba -- Cartagena , 1551 -RRB- was a Spanish conquistador .. Cordoba. Cordoba, Spain. Cartagena. Cartagena, Colombia. Spanish. Spanish people. conquistador. conquistador. De Belalcazar , also written as De Benalcazar , is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America ; Quito in 1534 and Cali , Pasto and Popayan in 1537 .. Quito. Quito. Cali. Cali, Colombia. Pasto. Pasto. Popayan. Popayan. De Belalcazar led expeditions in present-day Ecuador and Colombia and died after being sentenced to death in Cartagena , at the Caribbean coast in 1551 .. Cartagena. Cartagena, Colombia