Exploration Timeline

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  • Jun 20, 1490

    CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ

    CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ was a spanish explorer who saled to North America from spain leaving in 1527. He traveled from Forida to Texas on a raft then walked from Texas to Mexico City and he explored Paraguay River in South America.
  • Nov 21, 1492

    CASTILLO, BERNAL DIAZ DEL

    CASTILLO, BERNAL DIAZ DEL 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, with Francisco de Córdoba's expedition.
  • Jul 17, 1500

    DE SOTO, HERNANDO

    DE SOTO, HERNANDO was a Spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern US.
  • Nov 3, 1510

    CORONADO, FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE

    CORONADO, FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE was a Spanish ruler, explorer and conquistador. He was the first European to explore North America's Southwest.
  • Nov 14, 1519

    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE

    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE was a conquistador and explorer. He was the first european to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean
  • Mar 17, 1521

    DE LEON, PONCE

    DE LEON, PONCE was a Spanish explorer and soldier who was the first European to set foot in Florida. He also established the oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico and discovered the Gulf Stream (a current in the Atlantic Ocean).
  • Apr 11, 1526

    AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE

    AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE was a spanish conquistadator and explorer who tried to start a colony in North america in 1526
  • Feb 5, 1527

    NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE

    NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE was a 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).
  • Oct 15, 1527

    DE NARVAEZ, PANFILO

    DE NARVAEZ, PANFILO 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).
  • Jan 30, 1547

    CORTES, HERNAN

    CORTES, HERNAN was a Spanish adventurer and conquistador (he was also a failed law student) who overthrew the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain (1519-21).