Spain

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  • Sep 3, 1513

    BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513).
  • Sep 8, 1519

    DE PINEDA, ALONSO ALVAREZ

    Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish explorer and map-maker. De Pineda sailed for the Spanish Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, who sent him to explore and chart the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico in 1519. One of the regions he explored and mapped was the area around Corpus Christi Bay; De Pineda entered Corpus Christi Bay on the feast day of Corpus Christi, hence the name. They were one of the first (if not the first) Spanish expolerers in Texas.
  • Sep 8, 1519

    DIAZ, BERNAL

    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, with Francisco de Córdoba's expedition. He returned to Mexico in 1518 with Grijalva, and in 1519, with Hernando Cortés.
  • Sep 8, 1523

    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.
    In 1499, Vincente Pinzon sailed to the Brazilian coast (at a cape he named Santa María de la Consolación). From there, he sailed northwest to the Amazon River, whose mouth he explored.
  • Sep 3, 1524

    CORDOBA, FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ DE

    He was a Spanish explorer and slave trader who explored Mexico (1517) and Nicaragua (1524).
  • Sep 8, 1525

    DE URDANETA, ANDRES

    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.
  • Sep 3, 1526

    AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE

    Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1475-1526) was a Spanish conquistador who attemted to start a colony in North America in 1526. He was the first European colonizer of what is now South Carolina. His attempt to settle the coast of the Carolina was unsuccessful.
  • Sep 3, 1527

    CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ

    Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490?-1557?) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, 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. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison.
  • Sep 8, 1528

    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).
    De Narvaez was granted the land of Florida by the Emperor Charles V in 1526. He led an expedition there with 300 men
  • Sep 8, 1542

    DE SOTO, HERNANDO

    Hernando De Soto (1500?-1542) was a Spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore the southeastern US.