Juan (Jan) Rodriguez

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/juan-jan-rodriguez

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1. When was Juan (Jan) Rodriguez born?Circa 1580s
2. Where was Juan (Jan) Rodriguez born?Lisbon, Portugal
3. What is the first european visit to manhattan?1613
4. Who was Juan Rodriguez?Juan Rodriguez was a free Black man from Lisbon, Portugal, who came to Manhattan in 1613 and built a house there.
5. When did he arrive in New York?He arrived in 1613, six years before the Mayflower sailed to America.

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