Hernando de Soto was the Spanish explorer who came to Georgia looking for gold in the 16th century. His expedition was part of the broader Spanish exploration of the southeastern United States.
Some of the European explorers who visited Utah were Franciscan friars Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776. They were Spanish and came from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Another explorer who visited was the Spanish priest Dominguez in 1776.
Spanish explorers came to Arizona in search of riches, particularly silver and gold. They were also looking to establish trade routes and expand their territory in the New World. Additionally, they sought to spread Christianity among the indigenous populations.
Spanish explorers like Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, along with Portuguese explorers like Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, came to the Americas in search of treasure such as gold and silver.
William Baffin was an English navigator and explorer who was searching for the Northwest Passage when he came to America in the early 17th century. The Northwest Passage was a theoretical sea route through North America that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, offering a faster trade route to Asia. Baffin's explorations focused on mapping the coasts of northern Canada in search of this navigable route.
Some came to America to find a shorter distance from Spain to India, such as Christopher Columbus. Others came to find for "Cities of Gold" such as Hernán Cortez & Francisco Pizarro. Others came as a missionary mission to convert Native Americans to Christianity such as Serra Junipero. Most of these explorers would also claim the land they found to be property of the Spanish crown.
The spanish explorer was Coronado:)
Hernan Cortes (1487-1545) qualifies as such.
Cortes found the Aztec civilization in the present-day Mexico region
Chris Columbus
Sir Reganld Farpaste never came to America he was a spanish explorer
The settlers of Georgia came from Spanish colonies near Floridia!:))
The settlers of Georgia came from Spanish colonies near Florida. And the settlers of the Spanish colonies came from Spain... obiviously! :)
he was looking for south America. the name came from the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortez was a Spanish explorer who came to The New World in the 1500s as one of the first conquistadors. Cortez ultimately destroyed the Aztec civilization and claimed the land for the Spanish.
They came to Georgia as a means of protection for the colony from the spanish in Florida.
the were looking for the aryan brotherhood
A Spanish explorer didn't name America. It was a German map maker who had read Amerigo Vespucci's account of his exploring "America" and named it after him. There is no proof that he was actually came to North America.