People who sailed for spane

Christopher Columbus

Jan 1, 1492

An italian sailing for spain, Christopher Columbus sailed across the atlantic in 1492 in order to find a trade route to india, and made four trips from then to 1504.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Jan 1, 1513

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a spanish explorer who was the first person from europe that saw the eastern portion of the pacific ocean in 1513.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Jan 1, 1514

Bernal Diaz del Castillo was a spanish historian/soldier who went to mexico in 1514, and kept going from conquest to conquest untill about 1519. He fought >100 battles on his final expedition, and was apponted gv. of a city called Santiago de los Caballeros. In 1568 he wrote a book about the spanish conquests.

Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba

Jan 1, 1517

As a spanish explorer and slave trader, Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba explored Mexico in 1517, and did the same to Nicaragua in 1524, but was killed in Nicaragua for attempting to claim it for himself.

Hernan Cortes

Jan 1, 1521

Hernan Cortez was a spanish conquestidor/explorer who claimed mexico for spain in 1521 after a brutal 4 year war. And to think that he was a law student!

Hernando De Soto

Jan 1, 1524

In 1524, De Soto went to Nicaragua on an expidition with Francisco De Cordoba, but overthrew him with Pedro Arias de Avila when Cordoba attempted to claim the land for himself.
From 1531 to 1532, he was on an expedition in Peru with Francisco Pizarro, returned to spaine in 1536, and became the govenor of Cuba the next year. Finally, in 1539, he went to find riches on the western coast of Florida, but was killed by natives in 1542.

Andres De Urdaneta

Jan 1, 1525

A man, who accompanied another man named Garcia Jofre de Loaysa when He, De Urdaneta, was only 17, who in 1525, had six sevenths of the original group of ships sink, while the ship that he was on survived. He eventually found a trade route from the Phillipines to mexico in 1565, and it was used extensively by Manila galleons, until it was retired in 1821, due to the Spanish ceasing to rule Mexico.

Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon

Jan 1, 1526

Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, a Spanish conquistador, attempted to create an American colony in south carolina, and was successful, but attempted to do the same on the coast of the northern and southern carolinas, but did not succeed.

Juan Rodreguez Cabrillo

Jan 1, 1542

Being either Spanish or Portugese, Juan Rodreguez Cabrillo was the first to explore the Californian coast. Not only that, but he went from Acapulco to the southern part of california, and claiming california for Spain in 1542.

Francisco Vasquez de Conando

Jan 1, 1554

Francisco Vasquez de Conando was a ruler, conquestidor, and explorer that looked for the likely ficticious seven golden cities of Cibola. Since all he met was Native Americans, and they couldn't be converted to christians, he apparently decided that mass genocide was the best option. Since he didn't get any gold or silver, his expedition was deemed a failure.