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Bronze bust of Estebanico, also known as Estevanico or Esteban de Dorantes, shown with a feather in his hair and draped clothing, displayed on a pedestal.
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Bronze bust of Estebanico, also known as Estevanico or Esteban de Dorantes, shown with a feather in his hair and draped clothing, displayed on a pedestal.
Estéban de Dorantes, undated bronze bust

Estéban de Dorantes

Moroccan enslaved person
Also known as: Estéban the Moor, Estévanico
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Estéban de Dorantes (born c. 1500, western Morocco—died 1539?, Háwikuh [now in the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, U.S.]) was an enslaved Moroccan man who was a member of the Narváez expedition to the Gulf Coast and later participated in the Spanish exploration of the American Southwest in the 1530s. He is thought to be the first African to visit what is now Texas and the first non-Native American to explore the Colorado Plateau, traveling through...

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