Pánuco
Americannoun
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Giving up the attempt by land, they returned to the Mississippi, built a fleet of boats, descended the river, and skirted the Texas coast, reaching Pánuco in 1543.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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 Bolton, Herbert Eugene
Pánuco, slave-hunting, 23; district of, separated from Mexico, 33; headquarters for Carabajal, 66.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
For thirty-eight years Zavala controlled and governed the frontier with exemplary zeal, subduing Indians, granting encomiendas, operating mines, founding new towns, and opening highways to Pánuco and the interior.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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 Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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