A map of southern North America, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico east the Mississippi Delta showing the routes of the early Spanish explorers Ponce de Leon (1513), De Narvaez (1528), and Hernando de Soto (1535-1542).

Two eighteenth-century maps and four accounts of the mutual perceptions, suspicions, and observations between Spanish and French explorers on the Gulf Coast.

A Late Mississippian and protohistoric palisaded village with one mound; may be the town of Casqui mentioned by 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

On November 4, 1769 the expedition of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola reached the summit of the 1,200-foot (370 m) high Sweeney Ridge, where he sighted San Francisco Bay. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Spanish explorer who was a companion of Valdivia.

(1451-1506) Spanish explorer

Spanish explorer who was a companion of Cortes.

Spanish explorer.

Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain, c.1496/1497-May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was...

A Spanish explorer who was a companion of Hernan Cortes.

(1509-1579) Conquistador in Columbia and Spanish explorer.

(1496-1542) Spanish Explorer

(1496-1542) Spanish Explorer

A Spanish explorer and conquistador who was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River.

Spanish explorer who explored the Amazon River.

Spanish explorer who explored the Amazon River.

(1478-1541) Spanish explorer

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a Spanish explorer

Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain, c.1496/1497-May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was...

(1475-1517) Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador best known for being the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from America.

(1460-1521) Spanish explorer who was a part of the whose? Second expedition. In 1513 he discovered Florida and occupied Trinidad.

Portrait of Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Artist's representation of Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

A map from 1898 of Oregon showing the capital of Salem, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. "Oregon, name derived from Spanish word signifying 'Wild Thyme,’ so called on account...