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He was looking for India to find spices, silks, gold, .....
But instead he found North and South America, still thinking it was India
It is important that he found America because he found another country for Spain to rule over -
He conquered Mexico, the aztecs.
It is important because he sparked the interest of many people to explore North and South America, because he found so much gold -
Pineda made a map from the Florida coast to the Texas coast
his map of the coast led others exploring the land on the gulf coast -
Pánfilo Narvaez led this expedition and the purpose was that they were to do was explore the land Pineda had mapped
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To find Seven Cities of Cibola, Esteban was murdered by the Zunis, and Fray Marcos reported that he saw the Senven Cities of Cibola.
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Hernando de Soto was the leaderof the expedition
He was to explore Florida, and to get gold and other riches from the native peoples of the North American continent
De soto, the leader, died and they threw him into the Mississippi river -
Da Vaca ended up in Texas when a storm crashed him and his men on Galveston Island.
He was there for eight years -
Coronado was looking for the 7 cities of Cibola, and Quivera
He started another expedition on looking for the two cities
