Excerpt from The Spaniard in New Mexico Several subsequent attempts were made by Spain to explore, and colonize, portions of what is now the United States - Narvaez, in 1528; De Soto, in 1537, the first to reach and cross the Mississippi, and in whose turbulent waters his remains were buried; Francisco Vasquez Coronado, in 1541, and Pedro Melendez, in 1565. Pamfilo de Narvaez, a Spanish cavalier of rank and fortune, whom Charles V appointed governor of Florida, in 1527, landed at Tampa bay, April 12th, 1528, with four ...
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Excerpt from The Spaniard in New Mexico Several subsequent attempts were made by Spain to explore, and colonize, portions of what is now the United States - Narvaez, in 1528; De Soto, in 1537, the first to reach and cross the Mississippi, and in whose turbulent waters his remains were buried; Francisco Vasquez Coronado, in 1541, and Pedro Melendez, in 1565. Pamfilo de Narvaez, a Spanish cavalier of rank and fortune, whom Charles V appointed governor of Florida, in 1527, landed at Tampa bay, April 12th, 1528, with four hundred men and eighty horses. Among the officers was Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, grandson of Pedro de Vaca, who made the conquest of the Canaries at his own expense; and who is described as having the most beautiful and noble figure of all the conquerors of the New World. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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