Juan+Diaz+de+Solis

  Juan Diaz de Solis Juan Diaz de Solis was a spanish navigator and was born in Lebrija, Spain in the year 1471 (4). He joined with another navigator and together they both followed some of colombus' courses that he previously took and discovered new countries on the American continent (4). They found the Gulf of Mexico and discovered the Yucatan Bay and the Bay of Campeachy (4). When he returned to his homeland of Spain in 1507 he was appointed by the king himself to explore more of the Atlantic Coast of South America. He left in 1508, along the way he aquired objects of value in the name of the king. In the year 1508 he returned to Spain and was sentenced to prison for stealing under the kings name. He was then awarded for his voyage out that far and went back once again finding other islands. He then Died in 1516 in South America (4).