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Juan Díaz de Solís

1470 - 1516

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Díaz de Solís is the 78th most popular explorer (up from 82nd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Spain (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Juan Díaz de Solís is most famous for being the first European to explore the Río de la Plata and for being the first European to set foot on the shores of Uruguay.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 78 out of 498. Before him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, Pêro da Covilhã, Willem Schouten, John Smith, Diogo Dias, and Ármin Vámbéry. After him are Xu Fu, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Richard Francis Burton, Stepan Makarov, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 11. Before him are Martin Waldseemüller, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Catherine of Navarre, Hongzhi Emperor, Pietro Bembo, and Francis, Count of Vendôme. After him are György Dózsa, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Lucrezia de' Medici, Quli Qutb Shah, Tang Yin, and Vincenzo Catena. Among people deceased in 1516, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 6. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Giovanni Bellini, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours. After him are Giuliano da Sangallo, Johannes Trithemius, John III of Navarre, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 255 out of 3,355. Before him are Pomponius Mela (15), Louis Blanc (1811), Nachmanides (1194), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), Jesús Franco (1930), and Joseph of Anchieta (1534). After him are Pompeia Plotina (65), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Fernando Alonso (1981), Fernando Rey (1917), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), and Antonio Machado (1875).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 12. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Diego de Almagro (1475), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), and Alonso de Ojeda (1466). After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), and Ferdinand Columbus (1488).

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