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He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean after crossing the Isthmus of Panama overland.
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In 1514, he went to America as a soldier, with Pedrarias Dávila, the new governor of Darien.
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he went to America as a soldier, with Pedrarias Dávila, the new governor of Darien.
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Cordoba sailed from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico with 3 ships and 110 soldiers; he was the first European to travel to this area, and the first to see the Mayan people.
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He then brutally killed the Aztec emperor Montezuma and conquered his Aztec Empire of Mexico, claiming all of Mexico for Spain in 1521
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He tried to start a colony in North America in 1526. His attempt to settle the coast of the Carolinas was unsuccessful.
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Spanish conquistador and explorer who tried to start a colony in North America in 1526.
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sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison, or American buffalo.
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Coronado led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern United States.
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In 1542, he sailed from Acapulco to southern California,