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When Christopher Colombus first set out on his first voyage, he was planning to find India by sailing west. Instead, he found the New World (The USA) and started colonizing.
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Pineda made a very accurate map from the Texas coast to the Florida coast--which was very useful to explorers.
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Fray Marcos and Esteban went to the U.S. in search of gold following many other explorers. They found not that much at all, so they came back and told everyone of Seven Cities of Gold runned by Amazon women.
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Cortes sailed to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs, then claimed the land.
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DeVaca's expedition was for the Americas. Pánfilo Narvaez was the leader.
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He was looking for the seven cities of gold that was spoken of, instead found two indian villages.
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De Vaca went to the U.S. to explore the land. He founmd many recources and was there 8 years.
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De Soto was the leader of Moscoso's expedition. They were sent to america to make peace with the Indians, but instead failed.
