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Spanish Explorers CM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conquistador | Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas |
| commission | to grant power or authority to carry out a task |
| missionary | one sent to do religious work in a foreign country |
| Cortes | founded the city of Veracruz |
| viceroy | governor of a colony who rules in the name of the king |
| mission | a settlement founded to spread Christianity |
| Cabeza de Vaca | one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition |
| pueblo | Native American village of houses built of adobe |
| DeSoto | explored parts of the Southeast for Cibola and reached the Mississippi River |
| Coronado | explored areas of New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas in search of Cibola |
| friar | person who belongs to a religious brotherhood |
| Narvaez | granted the land of Florida by the king of Spain; drowned at sea while trying to go to Mexico. |