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Spanish Exploration

  • Columbus's First Voage
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus's First Voage

    He was looking for India and China, to get things that Europe did not have. He found gold in the Bahamas which made other explores want to explore.
  • Cortes's Voyage
    Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes's Voyage

    He conquered the Aztec Empire Tenochtitlan or also known as Mexico. He found a lot of gold which sparked alot of people wanting to go.
  • Pineda's Voyage
    Jan 1, 1519

    Pineda's Voyage

    He was the first to map the gulf from Florida to Texas which causes other expeditions to see if the map is true.
  • De Vaca's Voyage Start
    Jun 27, 1528

    De Vaca's Voyage Start

    The leader of the expedition was Narvez and the goal was to find gold in Florida.
  • De Vaca's Discovers Texas
    Nov 9, 1537

    De Vaca's Discovers Texas

    They had made barges to leave but there was a big storm so they landed in Galveston. He was in texas for 8 years.
  • Fray Marcos and Estaban's Journey
    Jan 1, 1539

    Fray Marcos and Estaban's Journey

    They went to see if there were 7 cities of gold that was told by De Vaca. Estaban was killed by Zunis and Fray Marcos said he saw the 7 cities of gold and was bigger than Mexico City
  • Moscoso's Expedition
    Jan 1, 1539

    Moscoso's Expedition

    The leader was Desoto but then dies. The purpose of this was to find gold and find if Pineda's map is right.They found nogold so for 150 years there were no more expeditons from Spain
  • Coranado's Expedition
    Feb 23, 1540

    Coranado's Expedition

    He was looking fro the seven cities of gold and then looked for Quivera with Turk.They did not find any gold so Spain did not return for 150 years.