Spanish Exploration
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- Francisco Coronado was a Spanish governor in modern day Mexico who went on to explore the southwest United States. His expedition was one that was prompted by stories of myth and riches. He was looking for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542.
- Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Novohispanic conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain
- Though Oñate's primary mission was to spread Roman Catholicism, the discovery of new sources of silver, with the potential for personal enrichment, was also a significant motive for him to participate in the expedition. Oñate set out with a group of 600 to 700 people early in 1598.
- Hernando de Soto is most famous for his exploration of North America. He led 600 men on a journey through what is now the southeastern United States. They were the first Europeans to explore most of this region. De Soto was sent by the King of Spain to explore and settle La Florida.
- De Soto hoped to do what he and Francisco Pizarro did in Peru. He wanted to find a rich kingdom of native people, conquer them, and make them subjects of the Spanish Crown. They first arrived near what is now Tampa Bay, Florida in May of 1539.
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