Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a conquistador who founded the present-day capital of what country?

In the mid-16th century, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada explored northern South America for the Spanish Crown. He named the area that is today Colombia "New Kingdom of Granada" and founded the city of Santafé de Bogotá, which is today known as Bogotá, the capital of Colombia.

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