<Li> Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (Florida, 1565--1567) </Li> <Li> Pedro de Mendoza (Argentina, 1534--1537) </Li> <Li> Alonso de Ribera (Chile 1599--1617) </Li> <Li> Alonso de Sotomayor (Chile 1583--1592, Panamá 1592--1604) </Li>

From 1540 to 1542 this spaniard traveled widely throughout the southwestern region of north america