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Columbus was trying to find a faster route to Asia. he didn't know their was more land and he landed in the Bahamas. he put settlement on America and brought gold to others. the Spanish started exploring north and south America.
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Pineda made the first updated map. His map of the coast led other exploring the land on the gulf coast.
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Cortes was looking for gold. he landed in Mexico where the Aztecs were. The Aztecs thought he was a god, so they let him in. he killed the Aztec leader and conquered them without permission. their was lots of gold.
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De Vaca and his leader Narvez was searching for gold in florida.
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De Vaca became a medicine man when he preformed the first surgery.the Indians were very kind to De Vaca. he stayed with the Indians for 8 years and wrote about them, he fought for their right and was put in jail.
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Frar Marcos and Esteban where searching for the golden city. Esteban told the wrong tribe to give them their woman and was killed. Frar Marcos told them that their was an golden city.
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Moscoso and his leader De Soto were searching for gold. Moscoso he gave the same report that Coronado did.
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on their way the to 7 cities of gold they saw a Turk he said that there was a even bigger city made out of gold. they followed him and their was no city of gold they killed the Turk. the Spanish do not return with any major expedition for 150 years.
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