Juan de Grijalva

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Juan de Grijalva

Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in Cuéllar - January 21, 1527) was a Spanish conquistador. Some authors said he was from the same family as Diego Velázquez.

He went to Hispaniola in 1508 and to Cuba in 1511.

He was one of the earliest to explore the shores of Mexico. He left Cuba with four ships in April 1518. According to Hernán 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 were Juan Álvarez (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 the Tabasco 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

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal (1963) [1632]. The Conquest of New Spain. Penguin Classics. J. M. Cohen (trans.) (6th printing (1973) ed.). Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044123-9. OCLC 162351797.

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Name	Grijalva, Juan De
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Date of birth	1507
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Date of death	1527
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