Notable Explorers of the Caribbean Sea
- Christopher Columbus – four voyages from 1492, initiated European colonization.
- Juan Ponce de León – 1513, sought Fountain of Youth, found Florida.
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa – 1513, crossed Panama, first European to see Pacific from New World.
- Hernán Cortés – 1519, conquered Aztec Empire.
- Sir Francis Drake – 1577‑80 circumnavigation, raided Spanish Caribbean.
- Henry Morgan – 1660s‑70s Welsh privateer, attacked Spanish settlements.
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