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When Columbus set sail he was looking for a new route tho Cathay. Also the three G's which were god gold and glory
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Cortes landed in Mexico and he conquered the Aztecs. This is important because he brought a lot of gold to Spain which triggered other explorers to come.
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Pineda was the first person to ever map the coast. This later led to many people exploring that area.
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De Vaca shipwrecked in Galveston. He was here for about 8 years. He ended up meeting the karankawas,coahuletecan,and the Jumano's.
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Cabeza de Vaca's purpose was to find gold. The leader was Narvaez originally but when he died Devaca became the leader.
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Fray Marcos and Estebans purpose was to study land. Esteban was killed by indians. Fray Marcos later reported that he saw the 7 cities of gold
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De Soto was the leader then he died. He backed up Coronado that is why spain didn't send other explorers for 150 years
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He searched for quivera and the seven cities of gold. For the second part of the jurney a guy called turk was leading them to Quivera. When they got there they figured out that it was a village. They later killed turk and they never found any gold. Coronado reported that Texas was horrible and that no one should go
