Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, foundation of the first Spanish settlement in North America General History of United States 30/09/201730/09/20170 Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, born in Toledo (Spain) in 1475, was a oidor of the Royal Court of Santo Domingo (founded in 1511) and a sugar courier on the Hispaniola island. He traded with slaves and pearls that he obtained by financing expeditions to the coasts of the pearls in