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was a neutral trading town on the cost of the isthmus of Mexico, whose name literally meant "Place near the Gourds."
became the first European explorer to set foot on the mainland that would later be called Florida. In a battle against the native people, he was shot and later died.
was a Spanish conquistador who arrived in Mexico in 1519. He and his army of natives and Spaniards laid siege to the city of Tenochtitlán.
held a collection of Anasazi towns including the 800-room complex at Pueblo Bonito.
was a Spanish explorer who traveled to, among other places, the Grand Canyon and as far east as Wichita, Kansas before setting off a revolt among the indigenous Pueblo people