Exporation and colonization By Brianna.bardwell 1519 Pineda maps gulf of mexico 1537 Cabeza de vaca reports on explorations in texas 1682 Established first missions at courses Christi de la ysleta 1685 La sale settle fort st. Louis 1687 Father hidalgo cuased the Spanish to be suspious of the french colonization 1690 Established the mission an Francisco de los Tejas in east Texas. 1st mission in east Texas 1718 San antionio was founded 1719 East to missions are moved to San antioni 1720 Mission San Jose is completed in San antionio and other missions are built