Editing List of Spaniards (section)

== Explorers and conquerors ==
{{See also|Category:Spanish explorers|Category:Spanish conquistadors}}

[[File:Retrato de Hernán Cortés.jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[Hernán Cortés]]]]
[[File:Château de Beauregard - Francisco Pizarro.jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[Francisco Pizarro]]]]
[[File:Cabeza de Vaca1.jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca]]]]
*[[Lope de Aguirre|Lope de '''Aguirre''']] (1511–1561), soldier and adventurer, explored the [[Amazon River]] looking for [[El Dorado]]
*[[Diego de Almagro|Diego de '''Almagro''']] (1475–1538), explorer and [[conquistador]], first European in Chile
* [[Luis de Moscoso Alvarado|Luis de Moscoso '''Alvarado''']] (1505–1551), explorer and conquistador. 
*[[Juan Bautista de Anza|Juan Bautista de '''Anza''']] (1736–1788), soldier and explorer, founded San Francisco, California
*[[Sebastián de Belalcázar]] (1480–1551), first explorer in search of [[El Dorado]] in 1535 and conqueror of Ecuador and southern Colombia (Presidencia of Quito), founded [[Quito]] 1534, [[Cali]] 1536, [[Pasto (Colombia)|Pasto]] 1537, and [[Popayán]] 1537
*[[Fray Tomás de Berlanga|Fray Tomás de '''Berlanga''']] (1487–1551), bishop of [[Panama]], discovered the [[Galápagos Islands]]
*[[Juan Bermúdez|Juan '''Bermúdez''']] (1450–1520), explorer and skier, discovered the [[Bermuda Islands]]
*[[Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca|Álvar Núñez '''Cabeza de Vaca''']] (c. 1490–c. 1559), first European to explore the southwestern of what is now the United States (1528–1536), also explored South America (1540–1542)
*[[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Juan Rodríguez '''Cabrillo''']] (1499–1543), explorer, discovered California
* [[Andrés Dorantes de Carranza|Andrés Dorantes de '''Carranza''']] (ca. 1500–1550), explorer and one of the four last survivors of [[Narváez expedition|the Narváez expedition]].
*[[Gabriel de Castilla|Gabriel de '''Castilla''']] (1577–1620), sailor; in 1603 he became probably the first man ever to sight [[Antarctica]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
*[[Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza|Cosme Damián '''Churruca''']] (1761–1805), explorer, astronomer and naval officer, mapped the [[Strait of Magellan]] (1788–1789)
*[[Francisco Vásquez de Coronado|Francisco Vásquez de '''Coronado''']] (c. 1510–1554), explored [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the southwest of what is now the United States (1540–1542)
*[[Hernán Cortés|Hernán '''Cortés''']] (1485–1547), [[conquistador]] of the [[Aztec Empire]], explorer of [[Baja California Peninsula]]
*[[Juan Sebastián Elcano|Juan Sebastián '''Elcano''']] (1476–1526), explorer and sailor, first man to circumnavigate the world
*[[Gaspar de Espinosa|Gaspar de '''Espinosa''']] (1467/1477–1537), soldier and explorer, first European to reach the coast of [[Nicaragua]], co-founder of [[Panama City]]
*[[Diego Duque de Estrada|Diego Duque de '''Estrada''']] (1589–1647), soldier, explorer, writer
*[[Salvador Fidalgo|Salvador '''Fidalgo''']] (1756–1803), naval officer and [[Cartography|cartographer]], explored [[Alaska]] in 1790, he named [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]], [[Port Gravina]], and [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]]
*[[Miguel López de Legazpi|Miguel López de '''Legazpi''']] (1502–1572), explored and conquered the [[Philippines|Philippine Islands]] in 1565
*[[Vasco Núñez de Balboa|Vasco '''Núñez de Balboa''']] (1475–1519), first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, founder of [[Darién, Panama|Darién]]
*[[Francisco de Orellana|Francisco de '''Orellana''']] (c. 1500–c. 1549), first European to explore the [[Amazon River]]
*[[Pedrarias Dávila|Pedrarias '''Dávila''']] (Pedro Arias de Ávila, 1440–1531), [[conquistador]], founder of [[Panama]] and governor of [[Nicaragua]]
*[[Francisco Pizarro|Francisco '''Pizarro''']] (1471–1541), conqueror of the [[Inca Empire]] in Peru
*[[Juan Ponce de León|Juan '''Ponce de León''']] (1460–1521), first European to explore Florida (1513); founded the first European settlement in [[Puerto Rico]] (1508)
* [[Alonso del Castillo Maldonado|Alonso del Castillo '''Maldonado''']] (died c. 1540), explorer and one of the four last survivors of [[Narváez expedition|the Narváez expedition]].
*[[Gaspar de Portolà|Gaspar de '''Portolà''']] (c. 1717–aft. 1784), explorer, founder of [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], California
*[[Bartolomé Ruiz|Bartolomé '''Ruiz''']] (c. 1482–1532), first European to explore [[Ecuador]]; pilot for [[Francisco Pizarro|Pizarro]] and [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]
*[[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de '''Soto''']] (1500–1542), explorer and [[conquistador]], first European to explore the plains of eastern North America; discovered the [[Mississippi River]] and the [[Ohio River]]
*[[Pedro de Valdivia|Pedro de '''Valdivia''']] (c. 1500–1554), conquistador of Chile, founder of [[Santiago]], [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]], and [[Valdivia]]
*[[Pedro de los Ríos y Gutiérrez de Aguayo|Pedro de los '''Ríos y Gutiérrez de Aguayo''']] (died 1547), Royal Spanish governor of Castilla del Oro
*[[Vicente Yáñez Pinzón|Vicente '''Yáñez Pinzón''']] (c. 1461?–1514), explorer and sailor, first European to reach the coast of Brazil
*[[Amaro Rodríguez Felipe|Amaro '''Rodríguez Felipe''']] (c. 1678–1747), [[pirate]]
*[[Isabel de Urquiola]] (1854–1911), explorer