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Why is Estevanico important?
Estevanico (1500 – 1539) was an African slave and known as the first person born in Africa who has arrived tin present-day continental United States. To achieve that they needed to survive more than a decade, often serving as slaves to native tribes, and eventually reaching Spanish territory in modern day Mexico.
What happened to Estevanico *?
Estevanico’s arrival in the village was met with distrust by the Zunis. His medicine gourd was trimmed with owl feathers, a bird that symbolized death to the Zuni. Estevanico was housed outside the village while the elders debated his fate. The next morning, Zuni warriors attacked, and Estevanico was killed.
What did Desoto do?
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River.
What are the 3 things this conquistador dreams of finding or wants to accomplish in America?
Other Spanish explorers and soldiers sailed to America because they wanted to find adventure and riches. Some explorers dreamed of becoming rich through trade, others wanted to win glory, and others wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Who was Juan Ponce de León?
Who mapped the coastline of Texas in 1519 the same year the Aztecs were conquered?
Alonzo Álvarez de Pineda
A 1519 expedition led by Alonzo Álvarez de Pineda sailed west from Florida toward Mexico, mapping the coastline as they traveled.
Who traveled with Esteban?
Esteban (?-1539) Fleeing from fierce attacks launched by the Apalachee, Esteban and his master, Captain Andrés de Dorantes, along with Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and thirteen others, sailed west through the Gulf of Mexico on quickly-constructed barges.
What was the outcome of the Fray Marcos de Niza expedition?
Niza went to the Americas in 1531 and served in Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. At Culiacán, Mex., he freed Indian slaves from regions to the north.