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Juan de Grijalva

1480 - 1527

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Juan de Grijalva (Spanish: [xwan de ɣɾiˈxalβa]; c. 1490 – 21 January 1527) was a Spanish conquistador, and a relative of Diego Velázquez.: 27  He went to Hispaniola in 1508 and to Cuba in 1511. He was one of the early explorers of the Mexican coastline, and was killed by natives in Honduras on 21 January 1527. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Grijalva is the 130th most popular explorer (up from 133rd in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Spain (up from 501st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de Grijalva ranks 130 out of 498. Before him are Chris McCandless, George Vancouver, Alvise Cadamosto, Pedro de Mendoza, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. After him are Sebastián de Belalcázar, Mary Kingsley, Frederick Cook, Andrés de Urdaneta, Mikhail Lazarev, and João Vaz Corte-Real.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Juan de Grijalva ranks 18. Before him are Saint Cajetan, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Dosso Dossi, Palma Vecchio, Salaì, and Marcantonio Raimondi. After him are Sebastián de Belalcázar, Jean Clouet, Stańczyk, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Charlotte of Albret, and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire. Among people deceased in 1527, Juan de Grijalva ranks 4. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, and Diego Columbus. After him are Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Johann Froben, Felix Manz, and Catherine of York.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Grijalva ranks 436 out of 3,355. Before him are Sisebut (565), Miguel Induráin (1964), Ordoño III of León (926), Juan, Count of Montizón (1822), Bermudo II of León (953), and Francisco Pacheco (1564). After him are Luisa de Guzmán (1613), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Egica (610), Anne Hidalgo (1959), and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan de Grijalva ranks 26. Before him are Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), and Pánfilo de Narváez (1478). After him are Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), João da Nova (1460), and Gaspar de Portolá (1716).

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