Texas Explorers M.Chandler Jacqueline Gonzalez

By machandler
  • Period: Jan 1, 1450 to

    Texas Exploration

  • Oct 23, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Columbus sailed for king Ferdinanad II and Queen Isabella of spain.The area vhe explored Atlantic Ocean in 1492.He spotted and named the island of Dominica on November 3, 1493.They landed on an island they called Guanahani, but Columbus later renamed it
  • Period: Oct 23, 1492 to Oct 23, 1504

    Texas Explorers

  • Oct 24, 1510

    Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

    Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
    he seached fruitlessly for treasure that was rumored to exist in northern Mexico.Zuni,Hopi, and Pueblos,native
  • Oct 25, 1519

    Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

    Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
    De Pineda sailed for the Spanish Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, who sent him to explore and chart the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico in 1519,De Pineda entered Corpus Christi Bay on the feast day of Corpus Christi, hence the name.
  • Oct 25, 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes
    Cuba,Yucatan,Peninsula Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain (1519-21Peninsula to look for gold, silver, and other treasures
  • Oct 24, 1524

    Hernana de soto

    Hernana de soto
    European to explore Florida and the southeastern US. hey spent four years searching for gold and silver,exploringthe area, and brutally contacting native societies,including the Cherokees,Seminoles,Creek,Appalachiands, and Choctaws
  • Oct 25, 1533

    Alvan Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    Alvan Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
    In 1540, Cabeza de Vaca was appointed governor of the Spanish settlement on the Rio de la Plata (now called Paraguay).
  • Oct 24, 1536

    Estevanico

    Estevanico
    By 1533,there were only four survivors,including Estevanico,Carranza,Cabeza de Vaca, and Alonso Castillo Maldonado.he Viceroy sent Estevanico on an expedition in 1539 with the Franciscan Fray Marcos de Niza
  • Oct 24, 1536

    Panfilo de Narvaez

    Panfilo de Narvaez
    A series of hurricanes and fights with Native Americans killed many of the crew, and the pilot of the ship sailed to Mexico without the men.the men were enslaved by some Indian tribes along the way, and helped by the other tribes.

  • Don Juan de Onate

    Don Juan de Onate
    In 1604,he explored the area west toward the Colorado River and south to the gulf of California.he was also incredibly brutal to the local Indians,killing,enslaving, and mutilating hundreds of indian men,women, and children

  • Rene Robert Cavelier,Sieur de la Salle

    Rene Robert Cavelier,Sieur de la Salle
    Rene-Robert Cavelier,Sieur de la Salle (1643-1687) was a french explorer.he20 men traveled up the Lavaca River, trying to locate the Mississippi Rive3r so they could follow it north into the Frech missions in the Great Lakes region.