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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus
Columbus found the new world
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Jan 1, 1519
Cortés
Cortes explored mexico and found tons of gold. he also conquored the Aztecs -
Jan 1, 1519
Piñeda
Piñeda made the first map of the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas
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Jan 1, 1528
De Vaca
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Jan 1, 1528
Esteban
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Period: Jan 1, 1528 to Jan 1, 1537
De Vaca and Esteban
They performed the first "surgery" in Texas
they heard of 7 cities of gold
they said texas was alright, because they didnt care about gold and had met the nice indians -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso
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Jan 1, 1539
Friar Marcos and Esteban
Friar Marcos lies and says he actually saw Cibola
Esteban gets himself killed by going to the village and demanding food and women -
Period: Jan 1, 1539 to Jan 1, 1542
De Soto and Moscoso
They didn"t acomplish anything but they were extemly cruel to the indians, they went into texas and left -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado
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Period: Jan 1, 1540 to Jan 1, 1542
Coronado
Coranado explored 5 states looking for the seven Cibola, it wasnt what he thought so The Turk told him about Quivera. Coronado found quivera but it wasnt what turk said so he strangled him and burned 150 pueblos alive
