office, Mendoza is credited with consolidating the sovereignty of the Crown throughout the Spanish conquests in New Spain and limiting the power and ambition of the first conquistadors. Many of the political and economic policies he established endured throughout the entire colonial period. He promoted the construction of hospitals and schools and encouraged improvements in agriculture, ranching and mining. His administration did much to bring stability and peace to New Spain. He was succeeded as viceroy of New Spain by Don Luís de Velasco. It is reported that his advice to his successor was: "Do little and do that slowly." Viceroy of Peru On 4 July 1549 in Brussels, Emperor Charles V named Mendoza viceroy of Peru. He traveled overland from Mexico to Panama, and then by boat to Peru. He arrived and took up his new office on 25 November 1550. However, he soon became ill, and died in 1552. His tomb is in the Cathedral of Lima, along with that of the Spanish conqueror of Peru, Francisco Pizarro. Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County, California was named in his honor in 1565. From the cape, Mendocino County, the town of Mendocino, and Mendocino National Forest were named in the 19th and 20th centuries. Notes References "Mendoza, Antonio de," Enciclopedia de México, v. 9. Mexico City, 1988. "Mendoza, Antonio de," Encyclopædia Britannica, v. 6. Chicago, 1983. García Puron, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 1. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrua, 1984. Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México''. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, . Further reading External links "The First and the best: Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza" Viceroys of New Spain Viceroys of Peru 1495 births 1552 deaths Ambassadors of Spain Colonial Mexico Colonial Peru Encomenderos People from Alcalá la Real 1530s in New Spain 1540s in New Spain 1550s in New Spain 1550s in the Viceroyalty of Peru 16th-century Mexican people 16th-century Peruvian people 16th-century Spanish people