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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus
Columbus's goal was to find a west water route to asia/india. He found a new world, gold, and native americans. He is important beacause he started the spanish exploring in the North America because of the riches he found, and he made 4 trips. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda
Pineda was the firft person to map the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. He made a report of the region. He is important because his map of the coast led to others exploring the land on the Gulf Coast. -
Nov 1, 1519
Cortes
Cortes was looking for gold. Cortes discovered the Aztec Empire, and tons of gold in Mexico. He is important, beacause he sparked the interest of many people to explore north and south america because he found so much gold. -
Jan 1, 1528
De Vaca Start
The leader of De vaca and Estaban was Narvaez. The purpose of the trip was to help Narvaez look for gold. -
Nov 6, 1528
De Vaca in G-town
De vaca was trying to find gold so he went to Texas. It took De Vaca 9 years for this trip. 1528-1537 -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marc Esteban
The purpose of his journ ey was to study the land of the North Evaluate. He went on his journey and came back saying he saw a city filled with gold. He also stated that the city was larger then Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso
The leader was Desoto. The purpose of his adventure was to search for gold. He discovered the Mississippi river instead. He is important because he gave the same basic report that Coronado gave. Spain could not return for 150 years because of it. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado
Coronado was looking for Gold. He explored Florida to Texas. His importance is that he reported "Do not go to Texas. The land offers nothing for the spanish. There is no gold, it has harsh land, and has some difficult Indians. The outcome was that the report stopped expeditions for 150 years
