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Columbus asked the king and Queen of spain to help with hes voyage, he promised the 3 g's, Columbus saled west to find a faster route to Asia. He soon realised there was a land . He was convinced it was india. He saw people on the land he bealived to be indians. They gave him and his crew gifts. He saw they had gold. He tortured them for more gold and made them become christians.
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Cortés set sail for Mexico with more than 500 men and 11 ships that fall. In February 1519, the expedition reached the Mexican coast. He conquered mexico and conquered the Aztec tribe. He brought back 99 tons of gold and incourage others to explore
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he was the first person to explore and map the texas coast,
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He was looking for gold in florida with the leader, Panfilo Narvaez.
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DeVaca was in a shipwreck and got stranded in galveston texas, he meet the karankawas, and was there for 8 years
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to study the land to the north evaluate, they explored texas and new mexico. there was a misunderstanding with Esteban and he died. later Fray marcos reported that there is a 7 cities of gold
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He looked for the seven cities of gold, later a slave called, The Turk told about his homeland, Quivara. He led him far into the north east and when they got there it wasnt anything Coronado expected. Coronado killed the guide, and learned that there is no seven cities of gold.
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He went from Forida to Texas, lead by De Soto, they did'nt find anything so gave the same report about Texas that Coronado did
