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Pedro Alvares Cabral was a Portuguese explorer, and is credited with discovering Brazil. His date of birth is not known. Cabral was born in Belmonte, Portugal in 1467 or 1468.
Magellan.
Juan Ponce de Leon is credited with first discovering Florida but never settled or lived there. The first settlement was established in 1559 by Tristan de Luna y Arellano in what is now Pensacola.
yes, balboa IS a European explorer
Christopher Columbus was an early explorer. He is credited with discovering the Americas.
Jacques Cartier
Christopher Columbus is the explorer who landed in San Salvador in 1492. He was a famous Italian explorer who sailed under the flag of Spain and is credited with discovering the Americas. His voyage marked the beginning of the European colonization of the New World.
Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, is credited with discovering the Philippines in 1521 during his expedition to find a western route to the Spice Islands.
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Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer sailing under the flag of Spain, is credited with the discovery of America in 1492.
Hernando de soto
Yes he is. He is credited with discovering the New World (North America).
Christopher Columbus is often credited with discovering Haiti during his first voyage to the Americas in 1492. However, the island was already inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people.
He was the first European to land in the Americas.