His father Pedro de Añazco was a Spanish captain, companion of Sebastián de Belalcázar in the conquest of Ecuador; and through him, it is said, the first notice of the "Dorado" of Guatavitá reached the Spaniards in Ecuador.
His father Pedro de Añazco was a Spanish captain who accompanied Sebastián de Belalcázar during the conquest of Ecuador and brought news of the "Dorado" of Guatavitá to the Spaniards in Ecuador.