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Columbus sailed for king Ferdinanad II and Queen Isabella of spain.The area vhe explored Atlantic Ocean in 1492.He spotted and named the island of Dominica on November 3, 1493.They landed on an island they called Guanahani, but Columbus later renamed it
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he seached fruitlessly for treasure that was rumored to exist in northern Mexico.Zuni,Hopi, and Pueblos,native
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De Pineda sailed for the Spanish Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, who sent him to explore and chart the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico in 1519,De Pineda entered Corpus Christi Bay on the feast day of Corpus Christi, hence the name.
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Cuba,Yucatan,Peninsula Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain (1519-21Peninsula to look for gold, silver, and other treasures
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European to explore Florida and the southeastern US. hey spent four years searching for gold and silver,exploringthe area, and brutally contacting native societies,including the Cherokees,Seminoles,Creek,Appalachiands, and Choctaws
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In 1540, Cabeza de Vaca was appointed governor of the Spanish settlement on the Rio de la Plata (now called Paraguay).
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By 1533,there were only four survivors,including Estevanico,Carranza,Cabeza de Vaca, and Alonso Castillo Maldonado.he Viceroy sent Estevanico on an expedition in 1539 with the Franciscan Fray Marcos de Niza
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A series of hurricanes and fights with Native Americans killed many of the crew, and the pilot of the ship sailed to Mexico without the men.the men were enslaved by some Indian tribes along the way, and helped by the other tribes.
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In 1604,he explored the area west toward the Colorado River and south to the gulf of California.he was also incredibly brutal to the local Indians,killing,enslaving, and mutilating hundreds of indian men,women, and children
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Rene-Robert Cavelier,Sieur de la Salle (1643-1687) was a french explorer.he20 men traveled up the Lavaca River, trying to locate the Mississippi Rive3r so they could follow it north into the Frech missions in the Great Lakes region.
