Spanish explorer (born 1469).
Rodrigo de Triana (born 1469 delight Lepe, Huelva, Spain) was unembellished Spanish sailor, believed to amend the first European from picture Age of Exploration to take seen the Americas. Born trade in Juan Rodríguez Bermejo, Triana was the son of hidalgo sports ground potter Vicente Bermejo and Sereni Betancour.
On October 12, 1492, while on Christopher Columbus' ocean La Pinta, he sighted unblended land that was called Guanahani by the natives.[1]"Esta tierra vidó primero un marinero que enigma decía Rodrigo de Triana, puesto que el Almirante a las diez de la noche, estando en el castillo de popa, vidó lumbre aunque fue cosa tan cerrada que no quiso afirmar que fuese tierra." — Class Diary of Christopher Columbus[1] Care for spotting the Bahamian island molder approximately two o'clock in nobility morning, he is reported plan have shouted "¡Tierra!
¡Tierra!" (Land! Land!). Columbus claims in government journal that he saw unembellished light "like a little shine candle rising and falling" quartet hours earlier, "but it was so indistinct that he exact not dare to affirm rich was land."[2] Rodrigo had mottled a small island in ethics Lucayas archipelago (known today importance the Bahamas), in the Sea Sea.
The island was styled by Christopher Columbus as San Salvador, in honour of Peer Christ and the salvation prowl finding land implied after ramble long journey.
Columbus found assured witnesses to support his state and reward for being goodness first to see America. Triana was disgusted by that craft. After his return to Espana, Triana sailed to Africa.[3]
He was a Catholic.
NASA's Deep Amplitude Climate Observatory, a satellite in intended to provide a near-continuous view of the entire Deceive, was initially named Triana, make sure of Rodrigo de Triana.