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Aug 3, 1492
columbus first voyage
Columbus was looking for a new route to India and he thought that he could get there by going around the world.he eventually bumped into the Americas and thought that he was in India and settled there.this voyage was important because he found the Indians and the americas -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's voyage
Pineda wanted to find gold and a new water route to India on his way there he came across the Americas.he was the first to find the Rio grande and map the gulf coast. -
Jan 1, 1519
cortes voyage
he conquered mexico and he conquered the Aztec empire.as a result he killed most of them.this is important because we wouldnt have found mexico and people wouldnt have explored mexico -
Jan 1, 1528
De vaca voyage part 1
De vacas purpose for this trip was to claim land.his original leader was Narvez, but he was killed by Indians. -
Jan 1, 1528
De vaca discovers texas
De vaca had a shipwreck at the texas coastline.he was in texas for about 7 years and he met the appalachians.he was also the first to make surgery. -
Jan 1, 1539
Frar Marcos and Esteban journey
They went to study land and evaluate land.while they were there esteban got killed by indians.frar reported that the 7 cities of gold didnt exist and that it wasnt worth the money -
Jan 1, 1539
moscosos expedition
moscosos leader was de soto and he was killed by indians.he reported the same thing about texas as coronado. -
Jan 1, 1540
coronados expedition
coronado was looking for the 7 cities of gold and mexico.frar was their leader but left because of the bad treatment to indians.coronado then explored 5 states looking for the 7 cities of gold.his journey was very important because he reported to be no gold and spain didnt go to texas for 150 years.
