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Pánfilo de Narváez (1480? - 1528) was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in The Americas.
After living on Hispaniola and Cuba, as well as taking part in the 1509 conquest of Jamaica, Narváez lived in Mexico. Suspected of insubordination, Hernan Cortez imprisoned him in Veracruz during the early 1520s. After his release he returned to Spain.
Narváez was subsequently appointed adelantado (governor) of Florida by King Charles V. His expedition to the New World was a notorious disaster culminating in the death of almost all its members, including Narváez, but notably excluding Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.
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