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Juan Díaz de Solís, (1470 – January 20 1516), was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 navigator
Navigator

A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times....
 and explorer.

Díaz de Solís was probably born in Lebrija
Lebrija

Lebrija is a city in the Seville , Andalusia , near the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and on the eastern edge of the marshes known as Las Marismas....
, Seville
Seville (province)

Seville is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of M?laga , C?diz , Huelva , Badajoz , and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
, although some other authors argue that his birth may have actually taken place in Portugal to an Andalusian emigree family.

He served as navigator on expeditions to the Yucatan
Yucatán

Yucat?n is one of the States of Mexico of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucat?n Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three states: Yucat?n, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucat?n in the 19th century....
 in 1506-1507 and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 in 1508 with Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

Vicente Y??ez Pinz?n was a Spain navigator, exploration, and conquistador. Along with his older brother Mart?n Alonso Pinz?n, he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of Ni?a....
. He became a Pilot-Major of Spain in 1512 following the death of Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and cartographer. The continents of The Americas are popularly understood to derive their name from the Grammatical gender Latin version of his given name ....
, and was thereafter commissioned to update the Padrón Real
Padrón Real

The Padr?n Real was the official and secret Spanish master map used as a template for the maps present on all Spanish ships during the 1500s.The Padr?n Real was constantly improved from its first version in 1508....
 with Juan Vespucci.






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Juan Díaz de Solís, (1470 – January 20 1516), was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 navigator
Navigator

A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times....
 and explorer.

Díaz de Solís was probably born in Lebrija
Lebrija

Lebrija is a city in the Seville , Andalusia , near the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and on the eastern edge of the marshes known as Las Marismas....
, Seville
Seville (province)

Seville is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of M?laga , C?diz , Huelva , Badajoz , and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
, although some other authors argue that his birth may have actually taken place in Portugal to an Andalusian emigree family.

He served as navigator on expeditions to the Yucatan
Yucatán

Yucat?n is one of the States of Mexico of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucat?n Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three states: Yucat?n, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucat?n in the 19th century....
 in 1506-1507 and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 in 1508 with Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

Vicente Y??ez Pinz?n was a Spain navigator, exploration, and conquistador. Along with his older brother Mart?n Alonso Pinz?n, he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of Ni?a....
. He became a Pilot-Major of Spain in 1512 following the death of Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and cartographer. The continents of The Americas are popularly understood to derive their name from the Grammatical gender Latin version of his given name ....
, and was thereafter commissioned to update the Padrón Real
Padrón Real

The Padr?n Real was the official and secret Spanish master map used as a template for the maps present on all Spanish ships during the 1500s.The Padr?n Real was constantly improved from its first version in 1508....
 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
Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Sanl?car de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of C?diz , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia in southern Spain. Sanl?car is located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir....
 on October 8, 1515. He followed the eastern coast as far as the mouth of the Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata

The R?o de la Plata —often rendered in English language as the River Plate or the [La] Plata River—is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paran? River....
. He reached and named the Río de la Plata in 1516, sailing up river to the confluence of the Uruguay River
Uruguay River

The Uruguay River is a river in South America. It flows from north to south and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of the Mesopotamia, Argentina from the other two countries....
 and Paraná River
Paraná River

This article is about the second-longest river in South America: For the shorter river in Goi?s, central Brazil, see Paran? RiverThe Paran? River is a river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina over a course of some 2,570 kilometers ....
 with two officers and seven men.

The little party had not proceeded far when they were attacked by local Charrua
Charrua

The Charr?a were an Indigenous peoples of the Americas people of southern South America in the area today known as Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southern Brazil....
. Surviving crew members reported Díaz de Solís and most of the other men were killed and cannibalized
Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating other humans. The ritualistic eating of human flesh is also known as anthropophagy, from Greek: ?????p??, anthropos, "human being"; and fa?e??, phagein, "to eat"....
, thus putting the expedition to an end. Some sources believe that Díaz de Solís was killed in a mutiny
Mutiny

Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an existing authority....
 and the story about being killed and cannibalized was forged by his crew. His brother-in-law, Francisco de Torres, took charge of the ships and returned to Spain.

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