Juan diaz de solis wikipedia
Juan Díaz de Solís (c..
Juan Díaz de Solís
European navigator and explorer (c. 1470–1516)
Not to be confused with Juan de Solís, the Spanish painter
Juan Díaz de Solís (c. 1470 – 20 January 1516) was a 16th-century navigator and explorer.
He is also said to be the first European to land on what is now modern day Uruguay.
Juan de Solís (c - 30 September , Madrid) was a Spanish painter and scenographer in the Baroque style.
Biography
His origins are disputed.[1] One document records him as a Portuguese in the service of Castile ("Spain"), having possibly been born in Lisbon or São Pedro de Solis.[2] Others claim that his birth took place in Lebrija, in what is now the province of Seville, Spain, where documentation testifies that he lived when he was in Castile, as vecino ("neighbor"), meaning living there.
However he began his naval career in Portugal as João Dias de Solis, where he became a pilot in the Portuguese India Armadas. After leaving his home in Lisbon and the ship that he was going to sail as Pilot, in the same day of departure of the fleet (ship captained b