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Columbus was looking for a west water route to Asia.Christpher Columbus found the New world. It is important because it started the spanish exploring North and SOuth America.
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Cortes conqured the Aztecs. He discovered 99 tons of gold. It is important because it sparked the interest of many people to explore North and South America.
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He was the first to map the coast from florida to Texas. It led to others exploring the land on the gulf coast.
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Narvaez was the leader and they were exploring Pinedas map.
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De Vaca washed up in galveston do to a gale. He was there for 8 years.
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Fray Marcus and Estaban were suppossed to look for the 7 cities of gold. Estaban died for demanding woman, but fray marcus reported that he saw the gold cities
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De soto was the leader. They were there to find gold. They gave the same report as Coronado.
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Coronado was looking for the 7 cities of gold. He searched Cibola and Quivera. He said dont go to Texas so no one explored it for 150 years.
