Rodrigo de Triana
SPANISH EXPLORER BORN IN THE ANDALUSIAN PROVINCE OF HUELVA, IN THE TOWN OF LEPE.
Juan Rodrigo Bermejo; Juan Rodriguez Bermejo
Rodrigo de Triana (born 1469 in Lepe, Huelva, Spain) was a Spanish sailor, believed to be the first European from the Age of Exploration to have seen the Americas. Born as Juan Rodríguez Bermejo, Triana was the son of hidalgo and potter Vicente Bermejo and Sereni Betancour.