Estevanico
Explorer
Estevanico, also known as Esteban de Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first person of African descent to explore North America. Little is known about his background but contemporary accounts described him as a "negro alárabe" or... Wikipedia
Born: 1500, Azemmour, Morocco
Died: 1539 (age 39 years), Hawikuh Ruins
Disappeared: 1539; Hawikuh, Nuevo México, New Spain
Other names: Esteban the Moor, Little Stephen, Esteban de Dorantes, Mustafa Azemmouri
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Estevanico ( c. 1500–1539), also known as Esteban de Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first person of African descent to explore North America.
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Estevanico in 1513 was sold into slavery to the Portuguese in the town of Azemmour, a Portuguese enclave on Morocco's Atlantic coast. More contemporary accounts ...