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Columbus sails to America, thinking he has reached Asia.
Route: Spain- an island in the Carribean -
Pineda gives Spain information on the new world with his map of the Texas coastline.
Route: he started in Spain, and went along the coastline of present day Florida to Mexico. -
Cortes lands on the coast of mexico, ready to attack the Aztecs.
Route: Spain-Mexico -
Narvaez disaster accures. Thy lost their ships and were hit by a hurricane.
Route: Spain-Florida. The survuvors were seperated; some ended up in Texas, while the others in Mexico -
Cabeza de Vaca starts his journey in Texas.
Route: Spain-Florida, he was one of the few that landed in Texas after the hurricane, and lived among the Native Americans. -
De Soto's expedition set out from Florida, to find riches in North America.
Route: Florida, throughout southeastern United States, and traveled by land to Mexico. -
Coronado gives up on Texas and returnes to Spain.
Route:Mexico up to New Mexico, through texas, up Oklahoma, into Colorado, and back to new Mexico.
He discovered the Grand Canyon. -
After De soto died, Moscoso took over. They found no gold.
Route: Florida, throughout the southeastern United States, and made it by land to Mexico. -
La Salle builds the first french fort in Texas.
Route: France, missed the Mississippi by 100miles, and ended up in Matagorda Bay, Texas
