The European lust for gold and treasure was the real reason that the Spanish explored and decimated South America.
Amerigo Vespucci was the explorer who led a Spanish fleet to the coast of present day South America in 1501.
Amerigo Vespucci was the explorer that led a Spanish fleet to the coast of present day South America in 1501.
Magellan was the Spanish explorer who discovered South of Chile in 1529.
spanish people that traveled to America as an explorer and conquer of the 16th century
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It is the straits between the continents of South America and Antarctica, notorious for its danger to shipping, and named after the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
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America was named after an Italian explorer by the name of Amerigo Vespucci.
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.
Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who lived in the 16th century. He traveled mainly by water and discovered lands in South America.
south America south America
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