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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 4 0 Browse Search
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America in 1516. Reputed the most experienced navigator of his time. Discovers the river La Plata, South America,......January, 1516 [Killed by Indians on that river.] Las Casas, Bartholomew, born in Seville, Spain, in 1474; died in Spain, July, 1566. Accompanies Columbus to America, 1493, and during the next fifty years crosses the Atlantic fourteen times in the interest of the natives. Made Universal Protector of the Indians by the Spanish government......1516 Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de, died in Cuba in 1518; discovers Mexico and explores the coast of Yucatan......1517 Grijalva, Juan de, born in Spain; died in Nicaragua, Jan. 21, 1527. Explores Yucatan and hears of Mexico and Montezuma......1518 Cortez, Hernando, Spanish adventurer, born in Spain in 1485; died in Spain, Dec. 2, 1547; conqueror of Mexico......1519-21 Magellan, Fernando, Portuguese navigator, born in 1470. Discovers the Strait of Magellan, which he enters Oct. 21, 1520, and names, passing