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The correct answer is C. defender of the Native Americans.
Why?
Checking and discarding the other given options:
A. Historian for the King of Espana: True. Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés was known as a historian who participated in the Spanish colonization of the Caribbean region.
B. Governor of Santo Domingo: True, 1533. About four years before his dead (1537) he accepted the public position of governor of Santo Domingo (Alcalde).
D. Inspector of gold mines: True. He was arrived in the Americas in 1514 as a gold mine inspector.
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