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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
Columbus set sail looking for an easterly route to India. Instead, he found the current day Carribean. There he found Native Americans and everything they had. From certain spices to different kinds of cloth. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
On his voyage, he mapped the whole coast from Florida to Texas. Mapping this area was very important because it showed other explorers the coast from Florida to Texas. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes' Voyage
In this voyage, Hernan Cortes found South America. Within South America he found the Aztec empire and conquered them. It was important because he found lots of gold and sparked a lot of interest in the New World. -
Jan 1, 1528
De Vaca's Voyage
De Vaca was on an expedition with Narvares to explore the are that Pineda had mapped. -
Jan 1, 1537
De Vaca Discovers Texas
De Vaca discovered Texas accidentally by getting blown there by a large gale. When he washed up he met the Karankawas. After a long time he was finally found in Mexico. He was lost for nine years. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Estaban's Journey
Fray Marcos and his slave Esteban were in Texas because they were going to study Northern Texas and to verify that the 7 cities of gold are real. While they were there, they thought that they actually saw the 7 cities of gold. -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
The leader of this expedition was De Soto. He died along the way through it. The purpose of it was to find some gold from Florida to Texas. They discovered Mississippi River. They reported basically the same thing that Coronado did. Just like Coronado, their report stated that it isn't worth going to Texas . -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado's Expedition
Coronado led a huge expedition to find Cibola and Quivera. He searched through five states to find them. And he did find them, they just weren't as they were described. Cibola turned out to be just a Zuni Indian village and Quivera was old and run down. The importance of it all was that he was verifying if the stories about Cibola and Quivera were true.
