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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Díaz de Solís has received more than 108,585 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Juan Díaz de Solís is the 87th most popular explorer (up from 103rd in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Spain (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 16th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 87 out of 405. Before him are Stepan Makarov, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Jeanne Baret, and Charles Marie de La Condamine. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean de Béthencourt, Diogo Dias, Heinrich Barth, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 12. Before him are Martin Waldseemüller, Hongzhi Emperor, Pietro Bembo, Francis, Count of Vendôme, György Dózsa, and Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan. After him are Catherine of Navarre, Lucrezia de' Medici, Tang Yin, Fernando de Rojas, Vincenzo Catena, and João I of Kongo. Among people deceased in 1516, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 7. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Giovanni Bellini, Vladislaus II of Hungary, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, and Johannes Trithemius. After him are Giuliano da Sangallo, 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 285 out of 2,932. Before him are Sancho III of Castile (1134), Lluís Companys (1882), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Fernando Alonso (1981), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), and Ibn Jubayr (1145). After him are Telmo Zarra (1921), Berengaria of Castile (1180), Jesús Franco (1930), George Santayana (1863), Carles Rexach (1947), and Luis Enrique (1970).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 16. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488). After him are Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), Juan de la Cosa (1460), and Pedro de Mendoza (1487).

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