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1.) 1539 - Hernando De Soto Explores Southern U.S.
Hernando De Soto traveled to the Spanish Colonies, where he joined the ranks of the Conquistadors like Francisco Pizzaro and became a legend by exploring the southern region of North America.
2.) 1540 - Francisco Vasques de Coronado Maps America's Southwest
Francisco Vasques de Coronado, one of Spain's greatest Conquistadors in her North American Spanish Colonies, explored the desert southwest, looking for the seven cities of Cibola.
3.) 1565 - Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles Founds Florida's St. Augustine
St. Augustine, founded by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles as the only American Spanish Colony in Florida, utterly destroyed France's St. Caroline colony to establish Spanish supremacy in Florida.
4.) 1608 - Juan De Onate Expedition Establishes Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, established by Juan De Onate and Juan Martinez de Montoya after the conquistadors' Francisco Coronado, explored the southwest, was the capital of New Mexico, one of the Spanish colonies, and later the central place of an Indian uprising, led by Pope', and later put down by Diego de Vargas.
5.) 1711 - Gallegos Family, Pioneers of the Desert Southwest
Haciendas, such as that established by the Gallegos Family in New Mexico, became the way of life in the Spanish Colonies.