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Across
  1. 3. In 1543. the Spanish explorers of the Pacific coast of North America may have sailed as far north as today’s state of _______________.
  2. 5. named Juan Rodriguez _______________.
  3. 7. After the people in the Narvaez expedition were shipwrecked, a man named Alvar Nunez Cabeza
  4. 8. Hernando _______________ led an expedition from 1539–1542 that explored lands that are today in
  5. 9. southeastern United States.
  6. 10. Explorers from the Coronado expedition were the first Europeans to see the _______________ Canyon.
  7. 11. The Spanish Explorer who in 1542 led an expedition that sailed up the west coast of North America
  8. 12. _______________ led the survivors on a long journey across North America.
Down
  1. 1. The Coronado expedition left from New Spain which is today’s country called _______________.
  2. 2. Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the mainland of North America in today’s state of _______________.
  3. 4. Coronado’s expedition went as far east as today’s state of _______________.
  4. 5. were supposed to cure diseases and make old people young again.
  5. 6. The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for the _______________ of Youth whose
  6. 10. The main thing the Spanish explorers in North America were trying to find was _______________.