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Aug 3, 1492
Colombus Voyage
Goal: To find a west water route to Asia, Indian.
Accomplishments: Found New World but did not know it was.
Explorerd: Caribbean Islands, Bahamas
Discoveries: New World, Gold, Native Aericans
Importance: Started Spanish Exploring because of all the gold he found -
May 2, 1519
Cortes Voyage
Goal: To find gold
Accomplihments: Conquered Aztec's
Explored: Mexico
Discoveries: Gold, Aztec Emprie
Importance: He made people want to go to the New World because he found alot of gold -
Aug 5, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
Goal: Find a water route to the Pacific Ocean
Accomplishments: First to map the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas
Explorerd: Coast from Florida to Texas
Discoveries: Rio Grande
Importance: His map lead others to explore -
Aug 9, 1528
DeVaca's Voyage All
Goal: Help Narez look for gold
Accomplishments: First to explore Texas, first to write about Indains, and Perfomed first Surgey in Texas
Explored: Texas
Discoveries: Jumanos, Karankawa, and Couhiltecaus
Importance: he herad their were seven cities of gold and people must go, people begain to explore texas to find the golden cities -
Nov 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban's Jounery
Purpose: To study the land
What Happened: Saw the seven cities of gold -
Nov 1, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
Leader: De Soto
Purpose: Look for gold
What Happened: De Soto died and Moscoso took lead
Importance: Found the Mississippi River -
Sep 10, 1540
Coroando's Expedition
Goal: To find the seven cities of gold
Cities of gold looked at: Cibola, and Quivera
Importance: Mismanagement of money and burned 125 Indians alive
