Download or read book The Spanish Exploration of South America written by Mark McKain and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most students know that Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic to the New World in 1492. However, it was not until Columbus' third voyage, in the summer of 1498, that he actually set foot on the mainland of the American continent, exploring about 1,000 miles of the South American coastline.