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Feb 10, 1500
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
was the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline -
Nov 28, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island. After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas interior on his way to Mexico. -
Juan de Onate
colonize the region of the upper Rio Grande -
Robert Cavelier,
established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and thus formed the basis for France's claim to Texas. Two years later, LaSalle was murdered by his own men. -
Rene Robert Cavelier
Sieur de LaSalle was a French explorer who most famously claimed the Mississippi Valley for France. His final expedition was to establish a French base Fort St. Louis in Matagorda Bay near Victoria,Texas. -
Alonso de Leon
reached Fort St. Louis, and found it abandoned, during an expedition planned to reestablish Spanish presence in Texas -
DeLeon expedition
lead several expeditions into coastal south Texas to kick out French, but discovered Fort St. Louis abandoned
