Juan Ponce de Leon - Explored, named, claimed Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth, Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon - Led Spain's 1st and only attempt to settle in NC, Hernando de Soto - Searched for the "Gold Bearing Mtns." Perhaps the 1st European to see the Miss River., Jean Ribaut - French protestant who tried to settle in SC, Rene de Laudonniere - A second attempt to settle by the French in 1564. This was a dismal failure. The settlers did not know how to hunt, fish, or farm., Pedro Menendez - He established Ft. St. Augustine after he massacred the French Huguenots., Pedro de Coronas - In 1566 he was sent to Chesapeake Bay to convert Native Americans to Catholicism. Claimed land in the Currituck region., Juan Pardo - In 1566 he led an expedition through NC looking for a route to Spain's gold mines in Mexico.,

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