This also changed Spanish and Portuguese exploration of the new world.

In the first Spanish exploration (1517) they were defeated by the mayas.

Spanish exploration northward in the area of the Chesapeake Bay continued into the late 16th century.

The first contact the Calusa had with the white man came during Spanish explorations at the beginning of the 16th century.

He led expeditions of soldiers to do the first Spanish explorations of the valley.

Spanish exploration and missionary work was sufficient to consider the territory part of New Spain.

It was initially a base for Spanish exploration during the 16th Century.

Artifacts are related to Spanish exploration, including period clothing, weapons, and tools.

His account, along with those of the others, led to more extensive Spanish exploration of the new territory.

It had been long deserted since Spanish explorations in the mid-16th century.