Relacionar Columnas Spanish ExplorersVersión en línea Match the Explorer to the information in the opposite column. por Gretchen Patty 1 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 2 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 3 Ferdinand Magellan 4 Vasco Nunez de Balboa 5 Amerigo Vespucci 6 Hernando de Soto 7 Juan Ponce de Leon 8 Christopher Columbus Landed on the Florida Peninsula in 1513. Led 4 voyages from 1492-1504. Landed in the Bahamas but thought he was in India, so he named the Natives "Indians." Led the first expedition around the world beginning in 1519 and ending in 1522. He was killed during the voyage. In 1513, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean. Became the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1540. Explored what is now Texas in 1528. 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.