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Spanish explorers

By Porter beitler
  • Dec 6, 1513

    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE

    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE
    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE
    BalboaVasco Nunez de (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513)
  • Nov 24, 1517

    CASTILLO, BERNAL DIAZ DEL

    CASTILLO, BERNAL DIAZ DEL
    Bernal Diaz del Castillo, also known as Bernal Diaz, (1492-1584) was a Spanish historian and soldier who chronicled the Spanish conquest of Mexico. In 1514, he went to America as a soldier, with Pedrarias Dávila, the new governor of Darien. In 1517, he sailed to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico
  • Nov 5, 1523

    PINZON, VINCENTE

    PINZON, VINCENTE
    Vincente Yáñez Pinzon (1460? - 1523?) was a Spanish explorer and navigator who sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World, as captain of the Niña. His older brother, Martin Pinzon, was captain of the Pinta and the co-owner of both the Nina and the Pinta.
  • Aug 2, 1524

    CORDOBA, FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ DE

    CORDOBA, FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ DE
    Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (? - 1524) was a Spanish explorer and slave trader who explored Mexico (1517) and Nicaragua (1524).
  • Sep 11, 1525

    URDANETA, ANDRES DE

    URDANETA, ANDRES DE
    Andres de Urdaneta (1508-1568) was a Spanish explorer who accompanied Garcia Jofre de Loaysa on the second sailing expedition around the world when he was 17 years old. On this 1525 trip, only one ship of the original seven survived.
  • Sep 3, 1526

    AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE

    AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE
    Ayllon Lucas Vázquez de (1475-1526) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who tried to start a colony in North America in 1526.
  • Sep 4, 1527

    VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE

    VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE
    Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca [Cabeza de Vaca means "head of a cow"] (1490?-1557?) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527.
  • Nov 5, 1527

    CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ

    CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ
    Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca [Cabeza de Vaca means "head of a cow"] (1490?-1557?) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America.
  • Dec 19, 1527

    NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE

    NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE
    Panfilo de Narvaez (1470?-1528) was a Spanish explorer and soldier. He helped conquer Cuba in 1511 and led a Spanish royal expedition to North America (leaving Spain in 1527). He was born in Valladolid, Spain and died on his expedition to Florida.
  • Aug 2, 1541

    PIZARRO, FRANCISCO

    PIZARRO, FRANCISCO
    Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. He "discovered" the Incan empire and conquered it brutally and quickly, stealing immense hoards of gold, silver, and other treasures.
  • Oct 20, 1542

    CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ

    CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ
    Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (? -1543) was a Spanish or Portuguese explorer (his nationality is uncertain). Cabrillo was the first European explorer of the Californian coast. In 1542, he sailed from Acapulco to southern California, claiming California for King Charles I of Spain.

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