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Aug 3, 1492
columbus first voyage
columbus sailed from Spain with 3 small ships. The Santa Maria, led by columbus him self . The Pinta, led by Martin Pinzon, and the Nina, led by Vicente Yanez Pinzon. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's voyage
Pineda was the first person to map the Texas coast line. This is important because he helped future explores get around Texas a little better. -
Feb 18, 1519
cortes voyage
Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire, which was in Mexico. This is important because it really made exploration boom in the new world, because when people heard that he had found so much gold there, people started to want to get rich and see if there was anything else there. -
Apr 1, 1528
DeVaca voyage part 1 start day
His leader was Panfilo de Narvaez. They wanted to claim the territory from Florida to Mexico for Spain. -
Nov 6, 1528
DeVaca discovers Texas
This happened when DeVaca and his men crashed onto Galveston island. On his eight years there he ran into three tribes the Karankawas, Coaheluitecan, and the Jumanos. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Estebans journey
The purpose was to find any wealthy cities in the north.Esteban died when he went into a village and asked for all of there women, and they didnt like that so they killed him. He reported that there were seven cities of gold. -
Nov 7, 1539
Moscoso Expedition
The original leader was De Soto and he died from a fever. In this expedition they discovered the Mississippi river. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado's expedition
The two cities that they were looking for were Cibola, and Quivera. There guide was "The Turk". When they got to Quivera the found out that the Turk lied to them so Coronado made him dig his own grave so he could strangle him to death.
