Spanish Exploration

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  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus
    he was looking for a short route to india. he found north america.he is important because he started spanish exploration
  • Jan 1, 1519

    cortes

    cortes
    conquered the aztecs and their leader he also bought back 99 tons of gold. it was important because he sparked the intrest of many people to explore north and south america
  • Jan 1, 1519

    pineda

    pineda
    he was the first to map the gulf coast from florida to texas
    he is important beacuse his map led to others exploring.
  • Jan 1, 1528

    De Vaca

    De Vaca
    De Vaca's leader was named Navarez. De Vaca's porpuse was to help Navarez look for gold. He was the firt to explore Texas.
  • Jan 1, 1531

    De Vaca

    De Vaca
    De Vaca's expedition got left in Florida. They tried to get out of Florida and crashed in Galveston. Him and his partner became medicine men by perfoming the first surgery.He traveled eight years before he was found in Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1539

    Fray Marcos

    Fray Marcos
    His porpuse was to study the land that was to the north. He "discovered" a city full of gold. He explored Texas and New Mexico.
  • Jan 1, 1539

    Moscoso

    Moscoso
    His leader was De Soto. his porpuse was to find gold. He encountered indians and treated them with cruelty. His importance is that he reported that Texas had no gold and made the Spanish not explore for one-hundred and fifty years.
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Coronado

    Coronado
    Coronado was looking for the seven cities of gold. The two cities he found were Quivera and Cibola. his importance was that he reported that Texas had harsh land, untamed indians, and no gold. The two cities he found werent really gold like he tought.