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I think that they did discover the New World, because you say that they didn't, then that is like saying you didn't discover a new forest because animals already live there.

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De Soto's party were the first to find the Mississippi River.

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The four men who survived the shipwreck walked to Mexico where Hernan Cortes claimed lots of land.

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Ponce De Leon was looking for the Fountain Of Youth, but found La Florida.

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The first time the Spaniards saw the Pacific Ocean, they called it Mar Del Sur.

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Balboa traveled to the New World with some explorers. To escape the law, he hid on a plane headed to Panama.

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Before the Spanish Explorers came, the New World was Terra Incognita, which means unknown.