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Aug 2, 1492
Columbus voyage
discovered the new world, started the spanish exploring in north america because of the riches he found, and he had found a west water route to asia and india. -
Feb 18, 1519
cortes
he had first landed in mexico.h had facd the aztecs. they ant to end the expedition insead of going back to cuba.he had burned his own troops so no on went back none of his troops. -
Oct 26, 1519
pineda
Who was the first person to map the Texas coast -
Jun 17, 1527
de vaca
the first prson to explore texas -
Oct 26, 1534
fray marcos
Fray Marcus and esteban go exploring texas to find gold. when they get there, they are out of luck when Fray marcus announced that he saw a city glimmering of gold, and a little larger then mexico city. This was a huge impact becuase without this remark from Fray Marcus Spain would not have returned again to see what else was there. -
Oct 26, 1536
cornado
Coronado was looking for the golden cities that fray marcos mentioned in his last journey to texas. he was searching for Cibola, and Quivera to see if the golden cities Fray marcos said were true. if he hadn't explored the area, those areas would not be discovered when they were, and they would have been something different happening to them later on in time. -
Aug 17, 1542
mosocoso
they traveld in east texas and discovered the Mississippi river
