Francisco Coronado
Balboa
The Rio Grande area was claimed by Spain in 1598. It was discovered by the Spanish explorer Juan de Onate.
Hernando de Soto
Vasco Nunez de Balboa:)
Vasco Nunez de balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
The explorer who claimed the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) for Spain was Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513. He was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Vasco Nunez de balboa
The European explorer who discovered the Philippines and claimed them for King Philip II of Spain was Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan's expedition marked the beginning of Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
The US and Spain claimed two very different areas at the same time! The Mississippi territory and Florida are the two big chunks claimed.
Spain, and the explorer was Christopher Columbus in 1493.
Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon was the Spanish explorer who gave Spain the claim to South Carolina. He claimed this territory for Spain in 1525.