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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
He was trying to go to India, but made a mistake and landed in the Bahamas. He was trying to find a route to Asia. He discovered the New World, he found gold and other goods. -
Feb 19, 1519
Cortes' Voyage
He explored and conquered Mexico. He found the Aztecs and found tons of gold.He conquered the Aztecs leader Montezuma.This was important because the queen just got out of war so he needed to bring more gold. -
Jun 2, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
He wanted to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.He was the first to map the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. Mapping the Gulf Coast was Important to explorers that wanted to explore that region. -
Jan 1, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca Start Day
The original leader was Narvez. The purpose of the expedition was to search for gold in Flordia, but there were several storms and landed in what now is Galveston. -
Jan 1, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas
There ships were in a storm while trying to get to Flordia so they landed in Galveston. They were in Texas for 8 years. While they were there they discovered the Karankawas, Couhuiltecans, and the Jumanos. He was the first person to give surgery in Texas.. He explored Flordia, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico City. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban
The purpose of this journey was to study NorthTexas and vertify the 7 cities of gold. They explored Texas and New Mexico. They reported that they saw a city filled with gold and bigger than Mexico City. -
Jan 1, 1539
De Soto and Moscoso
The leader of the group was De Soto.They were trying to find gold.On the way De Soto died and they put him in the Mississippi River.They gave the same report as Cornado and would not go back for another 150 years because of the report. -
Jan 1, 1540
Cornado's Expedition
He went to find the 7 cities of gold.He found the City Cibola and Quivera.He discovered The Palo Duro Canyon and the Grand Canyon.He found no gold at all. The importance of his journey was if the 7 cities were accutally true and that they had gold.
