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Jan 1, 1485
cortes voyage
He defeated the Aztec empire, and claimed Mexico for Spain. He set said to the New World at age nine-teen. He was looking for gold. It was very omportant because he found tons of gold and he is the one that started colinazation. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
He was hoping to find a route to Asia. He made four total trips to the Carribean and South America. He kidnapped several Native Americans. He brought back several peices of gold and native birds and plants to show richestness. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's voyage
He explored the the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Hoping to find a water passage from the Gulf to Orient. He encouraged further exploration. -
Jan 1, 1527
DeVaca voyage part 1
His leaders name was Panfilo de Narvaez. they were setting sail for Flordia, but instead the crash on Galveston island. -
Jan 1, 1528
DeVaca discovers Texas
DeVaca discovered Texas by the boat crash. The boat crashed on Galveston Island. While they were there the met the Indian tribe Karwankas. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey
Fray Marcos said Texas is a bad place is has nothing for the spanish. The porpuse was to find well wealty cities. -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso' Expedition
De Soto was the leader. De Soto died from a fever. They just backed up Comondo. They gave the same basic report to not explore for a while. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado's Expedition
THey searched for the cities of Cibola and Quivira. He ended expedition because he didnt find anything. His goal was to find the 7 cities of gold. So they didnt go back for about a half a century.
