Juan de Salinas y Loyola

In 1531 he joined the company of Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, accompanying him to the Santa Elena Peninsula and Puná Island.

Later he toured the Western Amazon regions where he made important discoveries, including the Morona and Pastaza rivers.

On 1558, in search of "El Dorado", discovered the Pongo de Manseriche in the Marañón(Peru) river basin.

He passed to Maynas, to the Ucayali River, was first to arrive east of Cuzco, and finally returned to Loja in 1559.

[2] At the end of 1581, he made his will where he donated all his livestock to build a hospital in the town of Cañaribamba, currently Girón.