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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus
Columbus was looking for a differnt route to India. He found the "new world" and brought back gold. Christopher Columbus started the exploring in North America because of the riches he found. -
Mar 3, 1519
Cortes
Cortes conquered the Aztecs along with their leader. He founds tons of gold and explored Mexico. He is important because he made more people want explore North and South America because he found so much gold. -
Jun 2, 1519
Pineda
Pineda maped the gulf coast from Florida to Texas made reports of the region. He is important because his map led to others exploring the Gulf Coast. -
Oct 31, 1528
De Vaca Start
De Vacas leader was Narvaez who he helped fing gold. -
Oct 31, 1537
De Vaca Galveston
De Vaca ship wrecked in Galveston. He lost most of his men and encounteered different Indian tribes. He spent eight to nine years trying to survive. -
Apr 7, 1538
Moscoso
Moscoso explored west Texas and discovered the Mississippi where he died. His expedition was tooken over by someone elese and continued. -
Oct 31, 1539
Fray Marcos
Marcos told of seeing a city filled with gold that looked larger than Mexico City. He lies about seeing a city filled with gold but nobody nos why. -
Nov 4, 1540
Coronado
Coronado was looking for two cities. One of them was the Seven Cities of Gold and the other was Quivera, the city ran by amazon women and was filled with gold. He explored Texas plus five other states. He found no gold and left a bad report on Texas.
