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  2. 15th century in Canada - Wikipedia

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    1498 - English explorer John Cabot, making a second voyage to North America (looking for Northwest Passage to India), travels the coast of Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and trades furs with Micmacs. 1498-99 - Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador first sights and sails along the coasts of the Labrador Peninsula.

  3. List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto ...

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    The second leg of the de Soto Expedition, from Apalachee to the Alibamu. The peoples the expedition encountered in Georgia were speakers of Muskogean languages.The expedition made two journeys through Georgia - the first heading northeast to Cofitachequi in South Carolina, and the second heading southwest from Tennessee, at which point they visited the Coosa chiefdom.

  4. Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] The visit to Unalaska marks the westernmost point reached during the Spanish voyages of exploration in Alaska. The Spanish expedition left Unalaska on August 18, 1788, heading south for California and Mexico. Due to increasing conflict between Martínez and Haro, the ships broke off contact within three days sailed south separately.

  5. Category:Spanish explorers of North America - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Spanish explorers of North America" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Conquistador - Wikipedia

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    In the 1500s there were enslaved black and free black [clarification needed] sailors on Spanish ships crossing the Atlantic and developing new routes of conquest and trade in the Americas. [27] After 1521, the wealth and credit generated by the acquisition of the Aztec Empire funded auxiliary forces of black conquistadors that could number as ...

  7. Juan José Pérez Hernández - Wikipedia

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    Juan José Pérez Hernández (born Joan Perés [1] c. 1725 – November 3, 1775), often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th-century Spanish explorer.He was the first known European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada.

  8. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Spanish explorer of the American southwest Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Governor of New Galicia Monarch Charles I Personal details Born 1510 (1510) Salamanca, Crown of Castile Died 22 September 1554 (1554-09-22) (aged 43–44) Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain Signature Military ...

  9. Category:Spanish explorers - Wikipedia

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    Spanish explorers of North America (108 P) Pages in category "Spanish explorers" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total.