| A | B |
|---|
| francisco coronado | spanish explorer searching forthe Seven Cities of Gold |
| Hernando Cortes | spanish conquistador that conquered Moctezuma and the Aztec |
| Alvar Nunez Cabeza DeVaca | First spaniard to explore Texas |
| Vasco Nunez DeBalboa | led expeditiion to Pacific Ocean |
| Francisco Pizarro | conquered the Inca Empire |
| Hernando Desoto | First to see Mississippi River |
| Juan Ponce DeLeon | explored Florida |
| Christopher Columbus | reached islands in the Atlantic Ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | led expedition to find a route to the Indies by sailing around southern tip of South America |
