Spanish Exploration

Columbus’ First Voyage

Aug 3, 1492

Christopher Columbus was hoping to find a route to India, in order to trade spices, he set sail on August 3,1492, he never found the route, instead he found the new world, what he found was important because he started exploration and he also started the first exploration of the "New World"

Cortes Voyage

1519

Cortes conquered the Aztecs in the aztec empire and has led many people to explore North and South america for gold and he also claimed Mexico for Spain

Pineda’s Voyage

1519

Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Mexico. He was important because he was the first to map the Gulf Coast (Florida to Texas)

DeVaca Voyage Part 1 Start Day

Jun 17, 1527

Esteban was the leader of De Vaca and the goal for this exploration was to explore the Gulf Coast and search Florida for gold

DeVaca Discovers Texas

Jun 17, 1527

Cabeza De Vaca discovered texas because he shipwrecked on it, he was there for 8 years and he met the karankawas

Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey

1539

The purpose of this journey is to explore the north of this land, Esteban ends up getting killed by the zuni people, Fray Marcos goes ahead and sees one of the "seven cities of gold and reports it back.

Coronado's Expedition

1540

Coronado's guide was The Turk,The Turk got killed by coronado because he gave him false information about the "7 cities of gold" and took him to a fake "7 cities of gold". Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon, his importance was he reported that texas was bad and it didn't have gold

Moscoso's Expedition

1542

Moscoso's leader was De Soto, he dies of a fever and Moscoso reports that texas has nothing to offer and it has no gold because of that report they would not return for 150 years