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While looking for gold, he landed on the mainland of North America, a region he named, “Florida.”
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made trip to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship named Matthew.
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Spanish navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map
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Juan de Fuca explored the edges of California on a voyage with the Spanish.
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Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo was a soldier and explorer for Spain. He is known for his explorations of the coast of California from 1542-43.
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Juan Fernández was a Spanish explorer and navigator in the Pacific regions of the Viceroyalty of Peru and Captaincy General of Chile west of South America.
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John White sailed on an expedition that planted a settlement on Roanoke Island. And after he returned he sailed again In 1587 as governor of a second colony.
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Juan de Oñate claimed all of the territory across the river crossing to the north for the Spanish. And established the colony of New Mexico.
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John Smith was a British soldier who was a one of the founders of an American colony in Jamestown in the early 1600s.
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John Hawkins was a 16th century British naval commander and slave trader who entered into conflict with Spain.
