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Oct 16, 1519
Hernan Cortez
cortez arrives in mexico -
Oct 21, 1539
Fray Marcos
He immagrated to america in 1540 to explore new land
in 1537 he arrived in mexico
He saw cibola from only a distance'
he was born in niza which was under the control of the italian savoy house
goal was to find cibola
Route:Mexico city to El paso
follows rio grande north
NW New Mexico
created the largest expidition in history to conqure cibola -
Oct 22, 1540
Coronado
29 years old millionaire,
Route (same as fray marcos)
goes to NW mexico and concures Cibola
found poor indians and mud and brick indians
wanted to kill frey marcos but he was a priest
Convinced that cibola is still there
he discoverd the grand canyon
wanted to get rid off the people so he told them that Quivera were farther north
they went into the high plains
he conqured both 7 seven citites of gold -
Onate
tryied to build settlements in the valley
started the town of sante fe
Route panhandle of tx
hunting for cibola
spain left tx for 75 yrs -
La Salle
date...August 1,1684
Goal; Navigate the entire lenght of the mississippi river
Route;Lake micigan down to oregan and missouri rivers
Result;claimed the entire land of the mississippi river in honor of the king he clolinized and one of the spanish privatiers captured a french vessil and la salle wasnt a good navigator so he missed the mississippi by 400 miles he went to magarota bay and his sghips crashed leaving him with only 2 and later on he staked a claim on present days texasrival to spain -
Mikayla Narvaez
its my birthday