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Aug 3, 1492
columbus' first voyage
he wanted to find a direct water route from west Europe to Asia but instead found new land.This was important because that land today is The Bahamas -
Jun 2, 1519
pinedas voyage
pineda was the first to map the gulf coast from florida to texas.the importance he had to us was that he encouraged other explorers to keep on discovering -
Jun 2, 1519
DeVaca voyage
Panfilo de Narvaez was De Vacas original leader and the purpose of the expedition was to search for gold in Florida with Narves -
Aug 10, 1519
cortez voyage
Cortes conquered in Mexico to conquere the aztecs.He got land and established the role of "New Spain" -
Sep 22, 1528
DeVaca discovers texas
De Vaca was shipwrecked and he was stuck in there for 9 years and counted as missing.He meet the native Americans,Indians and the Camones -
May 22, 1539
Fray Marcus and Esteban journey
the purpose of their expedition was to study the land to the north evaluate and was stuck with cabeza de vaca and others.fray marcus was reported that esteban was dead but nobody saw him die -
May 25, 1539
moscosos expedition
De Soto was his leader and they both were in the search for gold. Moscoso reported Spain would not return to Texas for 150 years -
Sep 22, 1554
Coronados expedition
Coronado searched 5 states looking for the 7 cities of gold.Later he decided to go to Quivera because he was told that ,that too is a gold city.He later realized that it was all a hoax.his importance was to not go to Texas,the land offers nothing for the spanish
