Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon
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Sailed for Spain
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Was a Spanish lawyer
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Appointed as a judge for the Caribbean island of Hispaniola
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Established the colony of San Miguel de Gualdape on Georgia's coast (it failed)
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San Miguel de Gualdape was the first European colony in the United States before Jamestown or St. Augustine
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Was the first European to set foot in what is known today as Georgia
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His colony failed because:
(1) Lack of food and shelter
(2) Native Americans rose up and fought the Spanish colonists
(3) First slave revolt in America occurred