3-1 Name: Catalina Leiva A Date: 26-9-2022 _

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EXPLORATIONS OF THE USA'S SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
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The map on the facing page shows the routes of
some of the best known Spanish explorers. Some
end of the Gulf of California . Then fi
he returned to Mexico City.
place names have been omitted in the following ~
accounts of their trips. Study the map for the names
Hernando de Soto ~
of the missing places and write them in the spaces
provided. De Soto's mission was to conquer the Indians
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and secure present-day Southwest United States for
Ponce de Leon
Spain. He sailed from Cuba to Tampa Bay, Florida. ~
He began his explorations from the island of From Tampa he marched overland to the Natchez _ ~
_______ , sailing in a northwest direction
Puerto Rico
through the Bahama Islands. From the islands
River, then west over the
Mountains.
Rio grandes
He discovered and crossed the
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he continued in a northwest direction and landed in Savamannad
---------- River. He died of fever G
what is now Florida . He then sailed south near the present city of Brazos . An officer, ~';,.
along the coast until he reached the south end of the Luis Alvarado, took over and continued explorations
peninsula; then he turned north. His explorations to the culiacan River, and then marched over~
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ended in Tampa Bay. land to Mexico. Of the original 600 soldiers, only
Ponce de Leon was searching for the "Fountain 320 survived; however, Spain's claims to the terri-
of Youth" which he had been told was in Florida. Of - tory explored were strengthened.
course, he never found the "fountain." However, he
· did learn much about the land, and Spain gained Francisco Coronado
possession of Florida. Coronado penetrated farther north than any of
the other Spanish explorers. He began his explora-
Hernando Cortes
tions in Mexico, traveled north, and discovered,
Cortes sailed from the island of Cuba m among other things, the Sudannad River _
1519. Soon, he reached the Yucatan ofthe Colorado River. He crossed the Natchez
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Peninsula. He followed the southern coast of the Mountains, the Galveston River, and the
Veracruz and landed at a site that Culiacan River.
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lat er became the city of Mexico . After many
Coronado was looking for the "Seven Cities of
difficulties, including a marchover rugged moun-
Cibola," which, he had been told by the Indians, held
tains, he attacked and conquered the Aztec capital,
fabulous treasures of gold and silver. He never found
Tenochlitlan , later to be called
----------- the treasures. Disappointed, he returned to Mexico,
México . Several years after the
--------- but his efforts did give Spain another claim to North
- conquest he explored north and reached the northern
America's Southwest.

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