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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus first voyage
he was looking for india but he landed in the bahamas the natives there he named indians because he thought he was in indian -
Jan 1, 1519
pinedas voyage
he mapped the coast from florida to mexico this is impotant because people wanted to explore his map -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes voyage
he conquered the aztec indians in mexico this is important beacause in mexico he found lots of gold. -
Jan 1, 1528
De vaca start voyage
he was the leader of 50 men and esteban he was exploring pinedas map -
Jan 1, 1537
De vaca discovers texas
he ended up in galveston because he went through a gale and was literally tossed ashore and the indians were very nice to them and he was there for 7 years. -
Jan 1, 1539
fray marcos and esteban
they were exploring because they were trying to find the city of gold, esteban was going to the zunis because he wantd goods and their women but the zunis didnt go with that so they killed him, after that fray marcos reported seeing a city of gold bigger than mexico city on a cliff -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscosos expidition
desoto was the leader but died so moscoso became leader and dumped desotos body in the misssissippi so the indians wouldnt find it so he discovered mississippi he and desoto were searching for gold he stopped most exploring into texas -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronados expidition
he was looking for the city of gold fray marcos reported but it wasnt gold just an indian village the indians wanted him away so a turk supposedly told of quivera a city run by amazon women the turk tricked him so coronad killed him. coronado is important because he discovered the palo duro and grand canyon.
