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Itis named after an island a Spanish explorer read about
Florida is the state named after an island that a Spanish explorer read about. Juan Ponce de León, the explorer, arrived in Florida in 1513 and named it "La Florida" after the Spanish feast of flowers, "Pascua Florida," that he read about on the island.
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America was named after an Italian explorer by the name of Amerigo Vespucci.
No Raphael was not a Spanish explorer. He was a famous architect and painter of the Renaissance [1483 - 1520] and his full name is Raphael Sanzio
It was named for Saint Nicholas by Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno after he sighted the island on the saint's feast day (December 6) in 1602.
Chile was discovered by the Spanish explorer Diego de Almagro in 1536.
The 16th century Spanish explorer's name was Francisco Pizarro.
Francisco Pizarro -Study Island
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Baffin Island was named after English explorer William Baffin, who was the first European to document its existence in 1616 during an expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
The spanish explorer was Coronado:)