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Period: Nov 5, 1400 to
Timeline
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus's first voyage
He was looking for a route to Asia. He found North and South America. It was important becuase he dicovered new land. -
Oct 31, 1519
Cortes's Voyage
He conquered the Aztecs. It was important because he got a lot of gold and made more people wanna go to Mexico, where he conquered them. -
Oct 31, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
He was the first to map the gulf coast from Florida to Texas. It was important becuase it lead to other exploring. -
Aug 31, 1528
De Vaca's Voyage Part 1 Start Day
Narvez was his leader. The purpose of the expedition was to report the 7 cities of gold/cibola. Also to tell people that Texas is a good place to be and you should explore there. -
Nov 6, 1528
De Vaca discovers Texas
It happened because they shipwrecked. He ran into Jumano, Karankawa, and Coahiletecan. -
Nov 5, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey
The purpose of this journey was to study the land of the North and evaluate. Estabam was killed by the Zunis because he was demanding women and food. Fray Marcos reported that he saw the most beautiful golden city. -
Nov 5, 1539
moscosos expedition
DeSoto used to be his leader but he died at the mississippi river, because of this action they discover Mississippi -
Nov 5, 1540
Coronados Expedition
He started out just searching for the seven cities of gold. He went to where the "seven cities of gold" were suppose to be but found indians. He burned 200 indians alive when they resisted to help him. So they sent Turk to lead him away. Turk told them about this crazy gold city run by amazon women. He took them there but all they found was Adobe Villages. They found out Turk was lying and told him to barry his own grave and they starnggled him.
