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Columbus was looking for a new rout to India to get money for Spain because they just got out of war with the moors
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Cortes was sent to explore the new world and find the gold. Cortes ended up conquering the Aztecs
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Pinata was sent to map and look for gold from now Florida to the texas coast
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De Vaca was sent to the new world to explore and claim land for Spain form Florida to Mexico
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fray Marcos and Esteban were looking to find out if the rumor about the 7 city's of gold was true. Esteban was killed by the Zuine indians
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De vaca landed on Galveston and was there for 4 years. he incunterd the Kronkaws and they treated him well
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Coronado was sent to find the 7 cites of gold. Coronado never found the 7 cites of gold but mapd a lot of land and made a report saying the Texas was not somewhere to go
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On May 21, 1542, De Soto died from a fever at the Mississippi River in what is now Arkansas; command of the expedition was transferred to Moscoso. he backed up Coronado report about texas
