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Columbus reached san salvedor in 1942. He claimedd land for the king and queen of .
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they headed toward canary islands. Theese lands were ruled by spain.
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The ships left for ccanary islands and headed west.
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He named the land san salvedor or holy savior and he claimed it for spain.
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the king and queen were so inpresred in columbus the gave him 17 ships to make another voyage.
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the king and queen were angry at Columbus but the king payed for the third voyage. Bad news there were 10 murderers on the ship.
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The voyage olnly took 21 days because columbus has learned so much about the winds and currents in the atlantic oceian. His rotting ships survived a huricane. Columbus continued loking for china and never realized it was eight thousand miles away.
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1st known european to map the texas coast. 1stknown european in present day Texas. He did not treat indians right. Some say he was skinned alive by indians and kept it as a trophy.
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They made another expedition.
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Met a indian who told him about quivira the land of ritches. They crossed the Texas in search of it. Never found it in present day Kansas.
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The group crossed a river into texas near present day elpaso. Onate was happy they found it he was known for being the first explorer to cross Texas.
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He wanted to start a colony near the mississippi river.
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La Salle led another expedition this time from France. He led the expedition yo present day Canada.
