This explorer took Chief Vitachuco and the Lady of Cofitachequi prisoner. He was also the conquistador who found a member of the Navaraez expedition named Juan Ortiz.
European Exploration of North America

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Hernando de Soto
John Cabot
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
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This explorer was one of the first Europeans to lead an expedition to find a Northwest Passage, and he explored an area that today is Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
John Cabot
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This explorer traveled through the Southwest, came across a Zuni village, and was the first known European to see the Grand Canyon.
John Cabot
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Hernando de Soto
Juan Ponce de Leon
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This explorer was searching for a Northwest Passage and explored the area that is today the state of New York.
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
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Legend has it that this explorer may have searched for a Fountain of Youth; he explored the Florida Peninsula, as well as the Gulf Stream - the strong current of warm water that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and up the coast of the southeast portion of the present-day U.S.
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
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This explorer set sail in 1492, a year that changed the world.
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
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This French explorer mapped the area he called "New France" in present-day Canada and made alliances, or agreements, with native tribes to help defend both the natives and the European settlers.
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Samuel de Champlain
Hernando de Soto
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