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Conquistadors (/ k ɒ n ˈ k (w) ɪ s t ə d ɔːr z /, US also /-ˈ k iː s-, k ɒ ŋ ˈ-/) or conquistadores [1] (Spanish: [koŋkistaˈðoɾes]; Portuguese: [kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ, kõkistɐˈdoɾis]; lit 'conquerors') is the term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and explorers who carried out the conquests and explorations of ...
Alonso del Castillo Maldonado (died after 1547) was an early Spanish explorer in the Americas.He was one of the last four survivors of the original members of the 1527 Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza and his African slave Estevanico.
In the fall of 1528, Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca landed on present day Follet's Island, Texas. [49] In 1559, Tristán de Luna y Arellano established the first multi-year European settlement in the United States in what is now Pensacola, Florida. This settlement predates the foundation of St. Augustine by six years, marking an ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Spanish explorer of the American southwest Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Governor of New Galicia Monarch Charles I Personal details Born 1510 (1510) Salamanca, Crown of Castile Died 22 September 1554 (1554-09-22) (aged 43–44) Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain Signature Military ...
Pages in category "Spanish explorers of North America" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Andrés Niño, son of Juan Niño, [citation needed] was named Royal Pilot of the Southern Sea (Piloto Real de la Mar del Sur; [citation needed] the Mar del Sur was the Pacific Ocean, as first encountered by the Spanish in Central America [14]) 12 July 1514 and set sail in 1519 to explore the Pacific coast of Central America before dying in 1525 ...