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Spanish explorers and conquistadors, most likely headed by Rodrigo de Bastidas or Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The name was after Columbus, of course, with whom Bastidas sailed, but not because he "founded" it, but to refer to ALL Spanish territories and colonies of the New World.

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