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Apr 8, 1492
columbus first voyage
he was looking for a faster route to india for silk and spice. christopher columbus thought that he'd found india, but istead he found north america and its inhabitants living there. -
Feb 18, 1519
cortes voyage
cortes conquered tha aztec empire in 1521, he took all the riches and gold he could hold on his fleet. his conquering was important because, The collapse of the Aztec Empire was a major milestone in the formation of New Spain. -
Jun 2, 1519
pimeda's voyage
pineda is the first person who maps the texas coast above where cortes had previosly explored. it lead other famous explorers to follow poneda's map hoping that they would find gold, or the 7 cities of gold. -
Jun 27, 1527
de vaca voyage start day
de vaca's leader was narvez and the expidition that took place was to help narvez look for gold, or the 7 cities of gold. -
Nov 6, 1528
de vaca discovers Texas
during eight years of traveling across the us southwest, he became a slave, trader and shaman to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish colonial forces in mexico.
de vaca had shipwrecked with the remaining survivors on the other barges, except for narvez and his other men who were killed by un friendly indians.
