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He thought he could reach Asia by traveling West but then reached the new world.
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Christopher Columbus made the Atlantic crossing with 3 ships the Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria. Columbus believed he had reached the Indies and called the people Indians. Columbus made 3 additional voyages.
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Alvarez De Pineda may was the first Europen to discover what is now today Texas.
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America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Narvaez and about 300 of his crew became stranded on the West coast of what is Florida now. They built Rafts and a big storm came and desroyed them and only about 4 reached Mexico.
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Cabeza De Vaca soon became seperated from the others. He lived for three years in the area in the area of what is now Galvenston and learned much about the land and Native people of Texas.
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He was the first person to map the Texas coast. He was also the first known to explore Texas.
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Cabeza De Vaca and the others eventually escaped from the Karankawas and reached Mexico.Spain sent a small group of explorers from Mexico yo search for cibola.
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Francisco Coranado the expedition to find Cibola.He and his group found Pueblo but there wasn't any gold. They decided to keep traviling.
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Met an Indian who told him about Quivira. They crossed the panhandle of Texas in search of it they never found it.
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Sailed down the Mississippi river and started claiming land for France.