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  Columbus sailing for the spanish empire encountered the new world for the first time.
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  Jacques Cartier left France by boat in April 1534, the king ordered him to find gold, spices (which were valuable at that time), and a water passage from France to Asia
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  First European to see present day's Arkansas.
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  locating the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the New World for Spain
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  locating the fabled Seven Cities of Cíbola in the New World for Spain