Diego Gutiérrez y Toledo dating history

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Diego Gutiérrez y Toledo (c. 1510 – December 1544) was the first governor of Nuevo Cartago y Costa Rica Province, established by the Crown of Castile within the Captaincy General of Guatemala in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Under a new decree on November 29, 1540, the King appointed Diego Gutierrez  as governor and captain to explore and populate the portion of Veragua that lay outside the Duchy. By this time, the entity known as Veragua Real had officially ceased to exist as an administrative division due to the creation of the Duchy of Veragua. As a result, the vast Veragua was divided into two parts: the Duchy of Veragua and another region that was unified with territories on the Pacific slope previously belonging to Castilla de Oro. This territory was renamed the Gobernación de Cartago by the King. However, the first governor, Diego Gutierrez, insisted on naming it Gobernación de Cartago y Costa Rica.