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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus's First Voage
He was looking for India and China, to get things that Europe did not have. He found gold in the Bahamas which made other explores want to explore. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes's Voyage
He conquered the Aztec Empire Tenochtitlan or also known as Mexico. He found a lot of gold which sparked alot of people wanting to go. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
He was the first to map the gulf from Florida to Texas which causes other expeditions to see if the map is true. -
Jun 27, 1528
De Vaca's Voyage Start
The leader of the expedition was Narvez and the goal was to find gold in Florida. -
Nov 9, 1537
De Vaca's Discovers Texas
They had made barges to leave but there was a big storm so they landed in Galveston. He was in texas for 8 years. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Estaban's Journey
They went to see if there were 7 cities of gold that was told by De Vaca. Estaban was killed by Zunis and Fray Marcos said he saw the 7 cities of gold and was bigger than Mexico City -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
The leader was Desoto but then dies. The purpose of this was to find gold and find if Pineda's map is right.They found nogold so for 150 years there were no more expeditons from Spain -
Feb 23, 1540
Coranado's Expedition
He was looking fro the seven cities of gold and then looked for Quivera with Turk.They did not find any gold so Spain did not return for 150 years.
