Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (born 1475)

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón

Spanish magistrate and explorer

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón 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…