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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers the New World
Columbus was off to India to find a new western route and to find spices. Instead, he traveled across the whole Atlantic Ocean only to find new land. This was important because the United States of America would never be found by contries across the ocean. -
Jul 16, 1519
Pineda Maps the Coast
In 1519, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapped the coast from Texas to Florida. This was important because it lead to more explorations of the coast. -
Oct 30, 1519
Cortes Conquers the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. This was important because this lead to exploration on the North American gulf coast. -
Jun 17, 1527
De Vaca's Voyage
Narvaez was the leader of this voyage. This voyage was to conquer islands for Spain. -
Nov 5, 1528
De Vaca Gets Shipwrecked
De Vaca discovered Texas but he didn't mean to. De Vaca was shipwrecked and thrown onto the shores of Galveston, Texas. De Vaca was here for eight years. -
Jan 1, 1535
Coronado
Coronado was looking for the seven cities of gold. He was going to find the two cities of Quivera and Cibola. This journey led to no gold and he reported that there was no gold. This was important because it made people not want to explore Texas. -
May 25, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
Hernanado de Soto was the leader of Moscoso's expedition. The purpose was to find gold. They discovered the Mississippi River. -
Jan 1, 1540
Fray Marcos and Esteban
The purpose of this journey was to find the seven cities of gold. They did not see any gold. Instead of reporting that there wasn't any gold, they said that they had seen the seven cities of gold.
