Exploration and Early Colonization

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  • 1519

    Pineda Maps The TX Coast

    Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519.
  • 1519

    pineda maps the tx coast

    Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519.
  • 1537

    Cabeza de Vaca Reports On Tx

    1527, he was appointed second in command of an expedition headed up by Panfilo de Narváez, who wanted to claim the territory from Florida to Mexico for Spain.
  • 1537

    cabeza de vaca reports on tx

    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, an early explorer and first historian of Texas, was born in Jerez de la Frontera, an Andalusian province in the south of Spain near Cádiz.

  • La Sella Establishes Ft. St. LOuis

    It was established in 1685 near Arenosa Creek and Matagorda Bay by explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle.

  • la selle established ft. st. louis

    It was established in 1685 near Arenosa Creek and Matagorda Bay by explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle.