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  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He thought he could reach Asia by traveling West but then reached the new world.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus made the Atlantic crossing with 3 ships the Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria. Columbus believed he had reached the Indies and called the people Indians. Columbus made 3 additional voyages.
  • Dec 14, 1500

    Alvarez De Pineda

    Alvarez De Pineda may was the first Europen to discover what is now today Texas.
  • Dec 14, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Dec 14, 1519

    Narvaez

    Narvaez and about 300 of his crew became stranded on the West coast of what is Florida now. They built Rafts and a big storm came and desroyed them and only about 4 reached Mexico.
  • Dec 13, 1528

    Cabeza De Vaca

    Cabeza De Vaca soon became seperated from the others. He lived for three years in the area in the area of what is now Galvenston and learned much about the land and Native people of Texas.
  • Dec 14, 1528

    Alonso Alvarez De Pineda

    He was the first person to map the Texas coast. He was also the first known to explore Texas.
  • Dec 13, 1539

    Cabeza De Vaca

    Cabeza De Vaca and the others eventually escaped from the Karankawas and reached Mexico.Spain sent a small group of explorers from Mexico yo search for cibola.
  • Dec 13, 1540

    Francisco Coronado

    Francisco Coranado the expedition to find Cibola.He and his group found Pueblo but there wasn't any gold. They decided to keep traviling.
  • Dec 14, 1540

    Francisco Coranodo

    Met an Indian who told him about Quivira. They crossed the panhandle of Texas in search of it they never found it.
  • La Salle

    Sailed down the Mississippi river and started claiming land for France.