Famous Spanish People
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- Cristobal Colon
- Discovered New World in 1492
- Hernan Cortes
- Conquered Mexico. Defeated Aztecs and Montezuma
- Francisco Pizzaro
- Conquered Peru/ Founded Lima
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- Discovered Florida
- Cabeza de Vaca
- Discovered south coast of FL to Texas Medicine man Indians (walked)
- Vazquez de Coronado
- discovered Southwest part of US (1542) -Discovered Grand Canyon
- Hernando de Soto
- Discovered Mississippi River
- Nunez de Balboa
- Discovered Pacific Ocean
- Simon Bolivar
- Liberator (Freed Northern S. America from Spain) and Bolivia was named after him
- San Martin
- Freed southern part of south America
- O' Higgins
- Chile general- liberated Chile from spain; 1st president of Chile
- Benito Juarez
- Fought to free Mexico from Maximillion (Abraham Lincoln of Mexico)
- Jose de Sucre
- Battle of Ayacucho: defeated Peru
- Jose Marti
- famous cuban poet who died trying to free Cuba from Spain