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Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy the same year as Queen Isabella.
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Columbus found the Carribean Islands.
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A Spanish explorer named Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the coastline of Texas.
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Cortez heard about the riches in the new world. He came to Mexico ready to fight the Aztecs and conqured Tenochtitlan( with the help of neighboring tribes.
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The Naravez expedition was a disaster from the start. Naravez and half of his men landed in Floida and started going inland while the other half sailed the coast. After a year their supplies got estinguished and they set sail Florida.
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Cabeza de Vaca and his crew are shipwrecked near Galveston.
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Henando De Soto teamed up with Luis Moscoso Alvarado. In 1538 they both set out for Florida.
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Looking for Gran Quivira, Coranado crosses the Texas Panhandle.
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They cross the Mississippi River. Soon Afterward Hernando De Soto dies and Moscoso takes the lead.
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Looking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, French explorer, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle lands in Texas.
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The San Antonio de Valero mission is founded( the Chapel in this building is Known as The Alamo).
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Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
