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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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Slave-hunting was soon extended, therefore, to the coasts of Florida, Pánuco, and other parts of the mainland.

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

As a base for expanding toward Pánuco, he would occupy the Bay of Juan Ponce, and he had great hopes of agricultural prosperity.

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

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 Herbert Eugene Bolton

In 1573, the year before his death, Menéndez's grant was extended west to Pánuco.

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

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