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Columbus was looking for India, but found America. This was important because Columbus destroyed there land looking for gold.
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Pineda was the first to map the coastline of Texas. This is important because this map would later send other spanish explorers ti look for gold.
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The leader of the voyage was Narvez. The purpose of the expedition at the end was to survive because he was not a conquistador.
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DeVaca shpwrecked in Galveston when he was in a gale. He was there from 1528-1536
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He went looking for the 7 cities of Cibola. Fray Marcos reported that he saw golden cities. Esteban was enslaved by one of the soilders to be able to translate with the Indians. Estaban goes with Fray Marcos.
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De soto was the leader of this voyage. The purpose of the expedition was to collect gold. It was important because it leads to a big masacare upon the Indians. De soto burned all of the Indians
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He was looking for gold. He was looking for the 7 cities of gold, and Quivera. Both of these journeys failed.
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Cortes conquered Monezuma. It was important because Montezuma is the area in which the Aztects where.