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WHAT IS IT?
A 16th{entury Spanishnail recentlyloundby archaeologists
in the BIueRidgeMountainsor NorthCarolina.
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Whai'sso specialabouta rustyold nail?lt s e!denceolFort San
luan. the iirsi in and European
settemenlin the U.S.(15676a).
Wholeft it? Someonein the partyof Capt.luan Pardo.This
Spanlsh exporer se! out liom the Santa Elena seltlement or Pan s
lsland. Solth Carolina. n 1566 en route to the siver mi.es oi Mexico,
duringthe nner,{s h'inter
crezingsetlefnents
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Whatifthe settlementshadn'tfailed?rhe Spanish ke ywouldnt
haveput up wth the Engish, so magneSpa.ishnamesfor
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