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The spanish!!!!!!!!!!^_^columbus @.@----------
Not Columbus
The question as posed is unanswerable since it does not specify the what "southwest" is in relation to.If it is about the Southwestern USA, then the answer is Hernando de Soto.If it is about the Southwest Andean Region, then the answer is Francisco Pizarro.If it is about Southwestern edge of the Gulf of Mexico, then the answer is Hernan Cortés.Ad nauseum.
first European to explore Florida.
Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to explore the Southwest.
a european
To explore the geography of the Southwest
Dr. David Livingstone, from Britain was the first European to explore the Zambezi River.
Spain was the first country to explore the coast of Florida.
Spain was the first European country to Texas.
Coronado was the first person to explore North America's Southwest.
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