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Who first helped establish new Spain's first settlement

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The person who first helped establish New Spain's first settlement was Miguel López de Legazpi.

Miguel López de Legazpi initiated the first Spanish settlement in the Philippine in the year 1565 while seeking to expand trade across the Pacific Ocean.

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