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Alvarado, Pedeo d', a Spanish adventurer, born in 1495, accompanied Cortes to Mexico in 1518, and fought valiantly until that kingdom was conquered. He then became governor of Guatemala and Honduras, and reduced those provinces to order. He was killed by the fall of his horse in a skirmish with Indians in 1541.