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he set a thought in peoples mind that there was a faster way to India by going east. he did this after Spains war with the moors
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Cortes sailed with 11 ships from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula to look for gold, silver, and other stuff.
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explored and charted the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico but didn't explore it
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he sailed to North America from Spain. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a small barge (raft), then walked from Texas to Mexico City
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crashes on the west end of Galveston Island
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change Indians to Christianity, fray Marcos reported a city of gold bigger than Mexico City
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the expedition technically starts for Moscoso. De Soto dies thrown in the Mississippi river. didn't find a new route to New Spain gave up
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to find 7 cities of gold. not found led to the wrong place by a man who was killed