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2 unusual facts about Juan Pardo


Cofitachequi

Juan Pardo with a force of 125 Spaniards visited Cofitachequi (which he also called Canosi) on two expeditions between 1566 and 1568.

Juan Pardo

Juan Pardo de Tavera (1472–1545), Spanish cardinal and Grand Inquisitor


Mississippian culture

At Joara, near Morganton, North Carolina, Native Americans of the Mississippian culture interacted with Spanish explorers of the Juan Pardo expedition, who built a base there in 1567 called Fort San Juan.


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