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in 1492 christopher columbas was given permission by queen isabella, who paid for his trip to india. he descovered america but did not know it was america he died thinking he discovered india. people would not have been able to find it without him.
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the purpose of the journey was to find the 7 cities of gold. they found that the 7 cities of gold are just indian houses. fray marcus reported that he had saw the 7 cities of gold himself.
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coronado was looking for the 7 cities of gold. he searched for 7 cities of gold and califa. important because it lead to murder of a turk.
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cortes conqured mexico and it is important because he found gold which leads to futher expeditions.
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pineda was the first person to map the texas coast. it is important because it leads to further expeditions and missions in texas.
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this happened for 8 years and he was there for 8 years.
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pinfilo narvaez was cabeza de vaca's leader. to find gold
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the leader is de soto. to explore florida. they were killed by indians.