Estevanico explorer biography for kids
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Estevanico, the first
African explorer of the new world
Doctor of History Marc Terrisse took an interest in the life of this incredible trailblazer, tracing his life from Morocco to Arizona.
In the early 16th century, a Spanish conquistador expedition to the coast of Florida was shipwrecked. Among the handful of survivors was Estevanico, a slave born in Azemmour, Morocco. His talents as a healer, no doubt inspired by the traditions of the Moroccan Gnaouas, enabled the survivors to cohabit with the First Nations, move from one village to another and stay alive. It took them around ten years to return to the Spanish colonies in Mexico, exploring the entire area of what is now the south-west of the United States along the way! On their return, based on Estevanico's reputation among the natives, the Spanish authorities asked the Moroccan to act as guide on a second expedition, which probably proved fatal. We interviewed historian Marc Terrisse, who retraced the steps of this
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Estevanico facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Estevanico | |
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| Born | c. 1500 Azemmour, Morocco (Wattasid period) |
| Disappeared | 1539 Hawikuh, Nuevo México, New Spain |
| Other names | Esteban the Moor, Little Stephen, Esteban de Dorantes, Mustafa Azemmouri |
| Occupation | Explorer in present-day Mexico and parts of the southwest United States |
Estevanico ("Little Stephen"; modern spelling Estebanico; c. 1500–1539), also known as Esteban de Dorantes or Mustafa Azemmouri (مصطفى الزموري), was the first African to explore North America.
Estevanico first appears as a slave in Portuguese records in Morocco, with him being sold to a Spanish nobleman in about 1521. In 1527 he joined the SpanishNarváez expedition to explore "La Florida", present-day Northern Mexico and Southern United States.
He has been referred to as "the first great African man in America". He became a folk hero in the folklore of Spain and legend in New Spain, his exploration and cataloging of the Gulf of
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Estevanico
African explorer
Estevanico | |
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| Born | Mustafa c. 1500 Azemmour, Morocco (Wattasid period) |
| Disappeared | 1539 Hawikuh, Nuevo México, New Spain |
| Other names | Esteban the Moor, Little Stephen, Esteban dem Dorantes, Mustafa Azemmouri |
| Occupation(s) | Scout and Interceptor in present-day Mexico and parts of the southwest United States |
Estevanico (c. 1500–1539), also known as Mustafa Azemmouri and Esteban dem Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first person of African nedstigning to explore North amerika. He was one of the gods four survivors of the Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza dem Vaca, Andrés Dorantes dem Carranza, and Alonso sektion Castillo Maldonado.
Little fryst vatten known about Estevanico's background but contemporary accounts described him as a "negro alárabe" or "Arabic-speaking black man" native to Azemmour, Morocco. In 1522, he was sold as a slave to the Spanish nobleman Andrés Dorantes dem Carranza in the Portuguese-