Explorer - 16th-18th century

8 famous people found

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  Hernán Cortés

  Spanish Conquistador

  1485 - 1547
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  Francisco PIZARRO

  Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

  1478 - 1541
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  Juan DE OÑATE

  Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México

  1550 - 1626
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  Pedro ARIAS DAVILA

  Spanish colonial administrator

  1468 - 1531
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  Álvar Núñez CABEZA DE VACA

  Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition

  1488 - 1557
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  Gonzalo PIZARRO

  Spanish conquistador

  1510 - 1548
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  Pedro DE-VALDIVIA

  Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile

  1497 - 1553
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  Juan PONCE DE LEON

  Spanish explorer and conquistador

  1460 - 1521