Alonso de Solís (? - 1576) was a

soldier A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a Conscription, conscripted or volunteer Enlisted rank, enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, a warrant officer, or an Officer (armed forces), officer. Etymology The wo ...

and

explorer Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some Expectation (epistemic), expectation of Discovery (observation), discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organis ...

who served as governor of

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

between April and July 4, 1576, when he was killed.Turner Bushnell, Amy (1994)
Situado and Sabana: Spain support system for the Presidio and Mission Provinces of Florida. The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. Volumen 68. American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers
Number 74. Pages 60 and 212. He also participated in the Narváez expedition as royal inspector of mines. Solís joined the Castilian army in his youth, where he excelled and he reached the rank of

official An official is someone who holds an office (function or Mandate (politics), mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual Office, working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (eithe ...

. On June 17, 1527, he participated, together with six hundred other men (among them Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca), in the Narváez expedition, led by Pánfilo de Narváez, to conquer the provinces located between Rio de Palmas and Cape Florida.Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar
Naufragios y relación de la jornada que hizo a la Florida con el adelantado
(in Spanish: Shipwrecks and day that made the Adelantado with the Florida). Page 01.Boscolo, Alberto. ''Presencia italiana en Andalucía: Siglos XIV-XVII'', Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos, 1989. He served in the expedition as royal inspector of mines. Apparently, in 1574 De Solis and the governor of Florida Diego de Velasco took several fathoms of money to the Amerindians of Florida, who had a value equal to two ducats each, and also two canoes of the natives, without giving them any compensation. Solís was appointed governor of

in April 1576, and was killed less than three months later on July 4, 1576.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solis, Alonso De Royal governors of La Florida Spanish explorers of North America Explorers of Florida 16th-century births 1576 deaths