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Aug 3, 1492
COLUMBUS FIRST JOURNEY
Columbus wanted to go to asia and find a faster route. Insteat he discovered the new world and it's native people. He explored the bahamas and the caribbean island. He found gold and other riches in the new world -
Jan 1, 1519
cortes
He discovered Mexico and the Aztec empire. Then he conquered the Aztecs. He brought back six million dollars worth of gold back to spain.other explorers wanted to explore the new wold to fing gold because he found so much. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda Mapping
His goal was to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean. He dicovered the Rio Grande possibly. He mapped the coast from Florida to Texas. He was the first to map the gulf coast. Mapped it so other explorers could explore, -
Jan 1, 1528
DeVaca bad trip
DeVaca was not the original leader of this expedition. There original goal was to fing gold in florida. he was the first explore in Texas and first to write about the lands indians. he also performed the first sugery in Texas. He explored Texas, New Mexico, California and Arizona -
Jan 1, 1539
frar marcos and esteban journey
Their goal was to study the north and verify the seven cities of gold. They explored Texas and New Mexico. They said of a city of gold bigger then mexico city. -
Jan 1, 1539
DeSoto and Moscoso
Their goal was to find goal. They discovered the mississippi and explored Florida to Texas. Said Texas was horrible and should not be explored. -
Jan 1, 1540
coronado's exploration
His goal was to find the seven cities of gold. He explored the panhandle, arizona, new mexico, arkansas and okalahoma. he also discoverd palo-duro canyon and the grand canyon. He was considered a failure