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Columbus set sail on his first voyage to the new world. He was looking for a trade route to Asia. Instead he found gold, and spices. This is important since he discovered the new world.
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Cortes Conquered the Aztecs. The Aztecs lived in Mexico. This is important since he explored and mapped Mexico.
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Pineda Mapped the Gulf of Mexico. He mapped from Florida to Mexico. His voyage was 9 months and he literally got tons of gold proving Mexico was Valuable.
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De Vaca's leader was Narves. His purpose was to look at the land above Mexico.
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De Vaca crashed landed his boat in Galveston and met the Carancawas. He greeted them and treated him nicely. He also met the Culiatecans and the Harmana tribe. His journey lasted 10 years. He was Nice to the Native Americans
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They sailed north of Mexico to see what resources the have. They explored Texas. The Zuni Indian Tribe killed Esteban.
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Coronado Searched for the 7 Cities of gold. His guide was Quevera. He discovers Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, the grand canyon, and the Texas palladuro canyon. He talks about how Texas is useless and you shouldn't go there. This is important to history since he discovers a ton of land and keeps thee Europeans from going there for 100 years.
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De Soto was the leader of the group. He died of fever. Moscoso said that Texas was a bad place to live.
