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Juan Pardo was a Spanish explorer who was active in the latter half of the 16th century. While leading his expedition deeper into the interior, Pardo founded Fort San Juan at Joara , the first European settlement in the interior of North Carolina, and five additional forts in what are the modern U. Pardo led two expeditions from Santa Elena into the interior of the present-day southeastern United States.

The first, from December 1, , to March 7, , numbered men who went to seek food and to establish bases among the region's indigenous people. Claiming the settlement for Spain, he renamed it Cuenca in honor of his Spanish city Cuenca. Pardo led a second expedition from September 1, , to March 2, , and explored the Piedmont interior and south along the Appalachian Mountains.

He established an additional five forts to the west of Joara, intended to supply a land route to Zacatecas in present-day Mexico, where the Spanish had silver mines they wanted to protect. The Spanish mistakenly thought the Appalachians were connected to a central Mexican mountain range.

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Pardo returned to Santa Elena when he learned of a French raid there. Later in , the Native Americans turned against Pardo's garrisons in the interior, killing all but one of the Spaniards and burning down all six forts. The Spanish did not make another effort to colonize the interior of North Carolina.