Juan Díaz de Solís
Juan Díaz de Solís, (
1470 –
January 20 1516), was a
Portuguese explorer in the service of
Spain. Born João Dias de Sólis, he trained as a navigator in Portugal until 1504, when he was forced to flee to Spain for unnamed reasons, possibly the sharing of secret Portuguese information with the Spaniards. He served as navigator on expeditions to the
Yucatan in
1506 and
Brazil in 1508 with
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. He became a pilot-major in 1512 following the death of
Amerigo Vespucci, and was thereafter commissioned to update the
Padrón Real with Juan Vespucci. Two years after appointment to this office, Díaz de Solís prepared an expedition to explore the southern part of the new continent. His three ships and crew of 70 men sailed from
Sanlucar de Barrameda on
October 8, 1515. He followed the eastern coast as far as the mouth of the
Río de la Plata. He reached and named the Río de la Plata in 1516, sailing up river to the confluence of the
Uruguay River and
Paraná River with two officers and seven men.
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Juan Díaz de Solís
Juan Díaz de Solís
Juan Díaz de Solís
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Juan Díaz de Solís
La sua origine è incerta. Alcuni sostengono che naque in
Portogallo altri che nacque a
Siviglia.Inizialmente viaggiò al servizio del
Portogallo, su navi che esploravano il litorale africano. Giunse in
India con navi portoghesi, ma era insoddisfatto del salario e si sentiva pronto per imprese più importanti.Presto si mise al servizio di navi pirata francesi con l'idea di arricchirsi facilmente. Quando la nave pirata francese dove lui navigava prese e saccheggiò una nave portoghese lui fu riconosciuto e condannato a morte in contumacia dal governo portoghese. Decise così di passare al servizio della Corona di
Spagna.
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