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  2. Pánfilo de Narváez - Wikipedia

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    Pánfilo de Narváez was born in Castile (in either Navalmanzano, near Cuéllar, [4] or Valladolid) in 1470 [4] or 1478. He was a relative of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the first Spanish governor of Cuba. Pánfilo's nephew was Antonio Velázquez de Narváez. Bartolomé de las Casas described him as "a man of authoritative personality, tall ...

  3. Cempoala - Wikipedia

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    Cempoala or Zempoala (Nahuatl Cēmpoalātl 'Place of Twenty Waters') is an important Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the municipality of Úrsulo Galván in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

  4. Pass-a-Grille - Wikipedia

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    John Gomez was one on the first to use Pass-a-Grille Beach as a vacation area, inviting travelers from St. Petersburg and Tampa to stay at his resort-like structure as early as 1857. Some of the first major businessmen in the area were Roy S. Hanna and Selwyn Morey, who began developing plots of land for homes and lodgings at Pass-a-Grille ...

  5. Narváez expedition - Wikipedia

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    Cabeza de Vaca argued against this plan, but was outvoted by the rest of the officers. Narváez wanted Cabeza de Vaca to lead the sea force, but he refused. He later wrote it was a matter of honor, as Narváez had implied he was a coward. [9] The men marched in near-starvation for two weeks before coming upon a village north of the ...

  6. Panfilo de Narváez - Wikipedia

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  7. Estevanico - Wikipedia

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    The expedition of some 300 men, led by the newly appointed adelantado (governor) of La Florida, Pánfilo de Narváez, [4] left Cuba in February 1528 intending to go to Isla de las Palmas near present-day Tampico, Mexico, to establish two settlements. Storms and strong winds forced the fleet to the western coast of Florida.

  8. Battle of Cempoala - Wikipedia

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    Cortés was leading a semblance of an expedition in eastern Mexico, amassing treasures in an attempt to convince the King of Spain to leave his conquest enterprise beyond Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar’s control. When Velázquez heard about this, he was furious. He decided to send Pánfilo de Narváez to regain control of the expedition.

  9. Carrabelle, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Carrabelle is the home of the "World's Smallest Police Station", [18] which came into being on March 10, 1963. The city had been having problems with tourists making unauthorized long-distance phone calls on its police phone.