In the history of exploration, Juan Díaz de Solís is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Juan Díaz de Solís as 16th Century navigator and explorer.
Juan Díaz de Solís was born at São Pedro de Solis in 1470. His recorded nationality is Crown of Castile.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer and navigator.
His recorded expeditions and events include human cannibalism.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Juan Díaz de Solís died in 1516, aged 46. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Expeditions: human cannibalism
- Recorded as explorer and navigator
