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GARCIA, Alexo (gar-the'-ah), Portuguese explorer, born in Oporto in 1485; died in Ipare, Uruguay, in 1526. He came to South America with the expedition of Diaz de Solis in 1516, and when that explorer was killed, Garcia escaped, married an Indian woman, and soon gained influence with the neighboring tribes. With their help he explored the country watered by the rivers Plate, Uruguay, and Parana, and in 1524 ascended the Paraguay River nearly to its sources. In the next year he penetrated as far as the Andes, and acquired from the Indians some bars of silver, which subsequently fell into the hands of Sebastian Cabot, and caused the latter to name the River Plate. In 1526 Garcia resolved to reach the kingdom of the Incas, of which he had heard. He carried with him his wife and son, but was attacked by hostile Indians, and assassinated. His son was carried into captivity, but liberated in 1543 by Alvar Nufiez Cabeza de Vaca, and became one of the most useful interpreters of the colonial government.
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