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Pánuco

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[pah-nuh-koh, pah-noo-kaw] / ˈpɑ nəˌkoʊ, ˈpɑ nuˌkɔ /

noun

  1. a river in E central Mexico, flowing E to the Gulf of Mexico. About 315 miles (505 km) long.


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Soto's followers, led by Luis de Moscoso, now set out for Pánuco, crossing Arkansas to the Red River, then turning southwest through eastern Texas, perhaps reaching the Brazos River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

Shortly after Coronado returned from New Mexico, the Moscoso party reached Pánuco.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

In 1520, before the patent was secured, a party of his men met disaster near Pánuco River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

In 1527 the Pánuco district, under the name of Victoria Garayana was separated from Mexico, Nuño de Guzmán being made governor, while the region called Florida, further north, was assigned to Pánfilo de Narváez.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

The reports aroused new interest in the mainland, and Velásquez sent out Grijalva, who coasted the shore from Yucatán to Pánuco River, securing on the way twenty thousand dollars' worth of gold.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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