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Columbus was looking for a route to India. He instead went to the Bahamas on his first landings. That was important because after that he tried to sail to India again but never did, he explored 4 times from the Atlantic Ocean and Spain. He also accidentally stumbled upon Americans.
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Cortes conquered Mexico for Spain and conquered the Aztecs. This act was important because he did this by himself and the Aztecs thought that he was a God.
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Explored the coast of the gulf of mexico hoping to find a water passage from the gulf to the orient. It was important because pineda's report and map was forwarded to the governor
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Pánfilo de Narváez was DeVaca's leader. The purpose of DeVaca's expedition was he wanted to claim the territory from Florida to Mexico for Spain.
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He find Texas by getting in a shipwreck on a sandy island off the coast of Texas. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate. He is the first European to set foot on the land of the future Lone Star state. He was there for 6 years he also met the Karankawas.
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The leader was Alvarado. Alvarado reported that there is no resources or gold causing no one to go to Texas for 150 years.
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The cities Coronado searched for was the 7 cities of gold. His guide was Quivera. What happened to his guide was he died. He discovered 5 states. The importance of his journey was that when other explorers were getting ready to explore Texas but Coronado stopped them and told them that there was nothing valuable there.
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The purpose of their journey was to study the land at the north evaluate. Esteban dies because he tells the Zunis to give him all their money and women. Fray Marcos reports the 7 cities of gold.
