Other Activities in New Spain
About the year 1529, he and Pedro Moreno organized sugar plantations and mills at Zempoala, near Veracruz. It was for this project that he needed the black slaves.
He strongly advised the king to replace Cortés in the government of New Spain. He recommended that no ship leave Seville for Veracruz without transporting some varieties of useful plants to the Indies. He reported on a unicorn seen in Cibola.
His house, on the corner of 16 de Septiembre and 5 de Febrero Streets in Mexico City, was a monumental building in an eclectic style. It was converted into the Gran Hotel of Mexico City.
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