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Spanish Exploration

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus' first voyage

    Columbus' first voyage
    He was looking for a new water route to Asia and to find gold.
    He actually found a water route to America and a little bit of gold.
    The important was that he started the spanish exploration in North America because of the reaches he found.
  • Jun 2, 1519

    Pinedas' Voyage

    Pinedas' Voyage
    He was the first to map the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas and he wrote the first report of the region.
    It was important because his map led to others exploring the land on the Gulf Coast.
  • Dec 2, 1519

    Cortes Voyage

    Cortes Voyage
    He conquered the Aztecs and their leader Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan in Mexico.
    The important of this event is that he sparked the interst of many people to explore North and South America because he found so much gold.
  • Apr 15, 1528

    DeVaca Voyage Part 1 Start day

    DeVaca Voyage Part 1 Start day
    His leader was Narvez and the purpose of the expedition was search for gold in Florida.
  • Nov 6, 1537

    DeVaca Discovers Texas

    DeVaca Discovers Texas
    They got left in Florida and build 5 crude boats to get back to Cuba but they got shipwrecked on Galveston and they were 8 years in Texas.
    They meet Karankawa,Coahuiltecan, and Jumano tribes.
  • Jan 1, 1539

    Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey

    Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey
    There goal was to study the land in the north.Esteban got killed by the Zunis because he was demanding woman and food and they didn't like it.Fray Marcos reported that he saw the most beautiful grand and golden city and that it looks larger than Mexico city.
  • May 25, 1539

    Moscoso' Expedition

    Moscoso' Expedition
    The Soto was the original leader but because he dies Moscoso took the leadership.They discover the Missisippiriver.
  • Feb 23, 1540

    Coronado's expedition

    Coronado's expedition
    Coronado was searching for Cibola and Quivera.His guide for the second part of his journey was a slave from the Indians nicknamed “The Turk",when Coronado and others figure out what Turk has done, they makes him dig his own hole and Coronado strangles him to dead. Coronado had discovered Palo duro canyon and the Grand canyon. The importance of his journey was that his report of Texas did that the Spanish didn't returned for any major expeditions for 150 years.