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