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Pánuco

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[pah-nuh-koh, pah-noo-kaw] / ˈpɑ nəˌkoʊ, ˈpɑ nuˌkɔ /

noun

  1. a river in E central Mexico, flowing E to the Gulf of Mexico. About 315 miles (505 km) long.


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Soto's followers, led by Luis de Moscoso, now set out for Pánuco, crossing Arkansas to the Red River, then turning southwest through eastern Texas, perhaps reaching the Brazos River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Slave-hunting was soon extended, therefore, to the coasts of Florida, Pánuco, and other parts of the mainland.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

In 1573, the year before his death, Menéndez's grant was extended west to Pánuco.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Hearing of Garay's operations, in 1522 Cortés led forty thousand allies into the country, subdued it, and founded San Estéban, on Pánuco River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

In 1520, before the patent was secured, a party of his men met disaster near Pánuco River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene