Matching Pairs Spanish ExplorersOnline version Match the Explorer to the information in the opposite column. by Gretchen Patty 1 Vasco Nunez de Balboa 2 Amerigo Vespucci 3 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 4 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 5 Christopher Columbus 6 Juan Ponce de Leon 7 Hernando de Soto 8 Ferdinand Magellan Landed on the Florida Peninsula in 1513. In 1513, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean. Led the first expedition around the world beginning in 1519 and ending in 1522. He was killed during the voyage. Explored the American Southwest in 1540. First explorer to call the America's a "New World." Sailed to the eastern coast of South America in 1501. Led 4 voyages from 1492-1504. Landed in the Bahamas but thought he was in India, so he named the Natives "Indians." Explored what is now Texas in 1528. Became the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1540.