The men who went off to discover new land back at the turn of the 15th century are called adventurers. Christopher Columbus first went to the “New World” by complete accident, since he originally tried to go to the Indies to trade for spices that Spain didn’t have. His subsequent trips had him going to the New World and setting up some of the first colonies in the name of Spain. Amerigo Vespucci has been credited for discovering the continent of South America and how far south it could go. He also found the Amazon River and proved that this new continent isn’t even close to it being Asia. Cabeza de Vaca was the treasurer of an expedition to explore the territory known as La Florida. After many inopportune events including hurricanes, hostile
