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Christopher Columbus was looking for a west sea route to get to Asia when he set of from Spain. Unfortunatly for him he found The New World. When he came back with riches it set of a golden age of exploration.
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Cortes copnquered the Aztec empire during his journey. The Aztec empire streched thorugh Mexico. This event is very improtant because Cortes managed to get 99 tons of gold, which made other explorers hunt for gold in Texas.
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Pineda mapped almost 800 miles of shoreline and he was rumored to die by native americans. This is very important because many explorers tried to explore his rooute.
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De vaca was on this expedition wih his leader, Naravez, their goal was to find gold in Florida.
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De Vaca crashed on Galveston and was found by Native Americans where he later became a medicine man and gained fame. The only reason why he lived for so long is because he was a medicine man.
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His leader was De Soto and he died at the Mississippi river. The reason why he is important is because he discovered the river.
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Their expedtion's purpose was to study the land in the north. They wanted to find the seven cities of gold, but if they didnt find it then they would be viewed as failures. Esteban was murdered by native americans for demanding things for being a medicine man.
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Coronado was searching for the seven cities of gold after Frafr Marcos proclaimed that he saw it.
