Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Juan Garrido ya shiga cikin balaguron Mutanen Espanya kuma ya isa Santo Domingo (Hispaniola) game da 1502. Ya shiga cikin mamayewar Puerto Rico da Cuba a yau a shekara ta 1508. A shekara ta 1513, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Juan Ponce de Leon ƙungiya a cikin neman zinariya, da expedition sauka a Florida. Shi ne dan Afirka na farko da aka sani da ya isa Arewacin Amurka. A shekara ta 1519, ya shiga sojojin Cortes kuma ya mamaye Mexico ta yanzu, yana shiga cikin kewaye da Tenochtitlan
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya yi aure kuma ya zauna a Birnin Mexico, inda ya kasance manomi na farko da aka sani da ya shuka alkama a Amurka. Ya ci gaba da yin aiki tare da sojojin Mutanen Espanya fiye da shekaru 30, ciki har da balaguro zuwa yammacin Mexico da Pacific.