L'Amour seemed to be fascinated with anyone who may have explored the North American continent prior to its settlement, and also with other historical figures who could have had some connection (fictitiously or otherwise, directly or indirectly) with such exploration. In his novel, Jubal Sackett, set in the late 1600s, he mentions several such.
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda. He was a Spanish explorer and cartographer, who led several expedoitions, principally in the Gulf area, in the time period of 1517-19.
The Cominazzo Family. They were from Brescia, Italy, and specialized in making gun barrells. Jubal owned a set of pistols that supposedly had been made by them.
Prince Madoc. This was a Welsh noble who supposedly sailed to America in 1170.
Hanno the Phoenician. He was a Carthaginian explorer of the fifth or sixth century B.C.
Juan Pardo. He was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition through the Carolinas into what is now eastern Tennessee.
Juan Ortiz. A Spanish explorer whom Hernando de Soto found living among the Indians in 1539.
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