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Christopher set sail sail on his 1st voyage in quest for Japan. Instead, they're first landing was in San Salvador, which was what he named the land whence he found it. The "New World" waas then declared.
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Hernando Cortes claimed victorious against the Aztecs and claimed them for his own.
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Pineda mapped the gulf coast. When explorers saw the map, they followed it in order to find gold.
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Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked on a low sandy island off the coast of Texas. He was in it for 4 years. He also met the Karankawa's in his travels.
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In early 1527 DeVaca left Spain as a part of a royal expedition intended to occupy the mainland of North America. His leader was Pánfilo de Narváez.
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Fray Marcos de Niza set out from New Spain (todays Central America) to explore lands to the north. Esteban crossed a line drawn with sacred cornmeal, and they overpowered and killed him for this transgression.
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542.
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De Soto, his first leader, died from the flu. Yet,. tnat didin't stop him from discovering the Mississippi River.
