- Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in
Cuéllar -January 21 1527 ) was a Spanishconquistador . Some authorswho said he was from the same family as Diego Velázquez.He went to
Hispaniola in 1508 and toCuba in 1511.He was one of the earliest to explore the shores of
Mexico . He leftCuba with four ships in April 1518. According toHernán Cortés , 170 people went with him, but according to Pedro Mártir, there were 300 people.The main pilot was
Antón de Alaminos , the other pilots wereJuan Álverez (also known as "el Manquillo"),Pedro Camacho de Triana , and Grijalva.Other members included
Francisco de Montejo ,Pedro de Alvarado , Juan Díaz,Francisco Peñalosa ,Alonso de Ávila ,Alonso Hernández ,Julianillo ,Melchorejo ,Antonio Villafaña .After rounding the Cape of Guaniguanico in Cuba, he sailed along the Mexican coast and arrived on
May 1 at theTabasco region in southern Mexico. Río Grijalva (Mexico) was named after him.Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote about the travels of Juan de Grijalva in his book.He died in
Nicaragua in 1527.References
: cite book |author=aut|Díaz del Castillo, Bernal |authorlink=Bernal Díaz del Castillo |year=1963 |origyear=1632 |title=The Conquest of New Spain |edition=6th printing (1973)|others=
J. M. Cohen (trans.) |series=Penguin Classics|publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth, England|isbn=0-14-044123-9 |oclc=162351797
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