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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 129,033 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Díaz de Solís is the 82nd most popular explorer (up from 86th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 285th in 2019) and the 13th 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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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 82 out of 498. Before him are Jeanne Baret, Ármin Vámbéry, Diego Columbus, Lope de Aguirre, Willem Janszoon, and Stepan Makarov. After him are James Clark Ross, Hugh Glass, Sebastian Cabot, Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Tristão da Cunha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 9. Before him are Piri Reis, Edward V of England, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Martin Waldseemüller, Hongzhi Emperor, and Pietro Bembo. After him are György Dózsa, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Catherine of Navarre, Lucrezia de' Medici, and Tang Yin. 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 Giuliano da Sangallo. After him are Johannes Trithemius, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, John III of Navarre, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, and Jacopo de' Barbari.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 272 out of 3,355. Before him are Ruy López de Segura (1530), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Nachmanides (1194), Chindasuinth (563), and Carlos Sainz (1962). After him are Hisham II (965), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Jorge Semprún (1923), Carles Puyol (1978), Silius Italicus (26), and Postumus (250).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Díaz de Solís ranks 13. Before him are Diego de Almagro (1475), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Hernando de Soto (1500), and Lope de Aguirre (1518). After him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), and Gonzalo Pizarro (1510).

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