As often happened at the time, Andagoya left as an explorer of the New World at a very young age of 19, on April 11, 1514, under the command of Pedro Arias de Ávila.
The expedition left carrying an army of over 2,000 in 22 ships, with the objective of colonizing Central America.
Later he moved south towards the Colombian coast, until he reached San Juan, where he took charge as governor.
[1] With his health deteriorating, he returned to Panama and spread word of his discoveries, in particular the existence of a land of enormous riches of gold and silver, namely, Peru.
[2]: 24 Andagoya[3] was rewarded in 1539 by Carlos I with the post of Representative of the Indians, which he performed with brutal zeal.