Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
Map detail by Diego Ribero (1529), showing southeastern coast of current US was named Tiera de Ayllon
Bornc. 1480
Toledo, Kingdom of Toledo, Crown of Castile, Spanish Empire
Died18 October 1526(1526-10-18) (aged 45–46)
San Miguel de Gualdape, Spanish Empire
Occupation
  • Magistrate
  • explorer
  • colonizer

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (c. 1480 – 18 October 1526) was a Spanish magistrate and explorer who in 1526 established the short-lived San Miguel de Gualdape colony, one of the first European attempts at a settlement in what is now the United States. Ayllón's account of the region inspired a number of later attempts by the Spanish and French governments to colonize the southeastern United States.


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