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Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadro (1743-1794)

  • Traveled north from Mexico to Norfolk Sound, identified Mount Edgecumbe, and entered Bucareli Bay on the west side of Prince of Wales Island, in the Alaskan Panhandle (1779)

Juan Sebastian Cano (c1476-1526)

  • First sea captain to circumnavigate the world, having completed Ferdinand Magellan’s trip (1521-1522)

Francisco de Coronado (c1500-1554)

  • Explored what are now the southern US states, finding the Grand Canyon and introducing the horse to the indigenous people (1540)

Hernando Cortez (1485-1547)

  • Explored Mexico (1518)
  • Discovered Baja (Lower) California (1536)

Hernando De Soto (1496-1542)

  • Explored the Yucatan Peninsula (1528)
  • Explored Florida, Georgia, and the Mississippi River (1539)

Juan Fernández (1536-1604)

  • Explored the islands off the coast of Chile that now bear his name (1563)

Pedro Fernandez de Quirós (1565-1614)

  • Took part in the discovery of the Marquesas Islands and the island of Espíritu Santo in the New Hebrides

Juan de Grijalva (????-1527)

  • Traveled from Cuba to the island of Cozumel (off the Yucatan), then explored around the Yucatan Peninsula and along the coast of Tabasco to the Gulf Coast of Mexico





Juan José Hernández Pérez (c1725-1775)

  • Explored the west coast of North America as far north as the Queen Charlotte Islands and discovered Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island (1774)

Don Bruno Hezeta (c1750-????)

  • Traveled north along the west coast of North America as far as the 49th parallel, then discovered the mouth of the Columbia River on the way back (1775)

Leo Africanus (c1485-c1554)

  • Traveled to Timbuktu, Lake Chad, and Egypt (1512-1514)

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (c1475-c1519)

  • First European to sight the Pacific Ocean (1513)

Diego de Ordaz (c1480-1532)

  • Explored the Orinoco and Meta Rivers (1531)

Francisco de Orellana (1511-1546)

  • First person known to have navigated the full length of the Amazon River from the Napo River to the Atlantic Ocean (1541-1543)

Francisco Pizarro (c1475-1541)

  • Explored the northwest coast of South America (1526-1527)
  • Conquered Peru (1531)

Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521)

  • First American to reach Florida (1513)

Francisco de Ulloa (????-1540)

  • Explored the Gulf of California and the coasts of Baja California, establishing the latter as a peninsula (1539-1540)




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