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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus
-Sailed to find gold
- Sailed to find a route to india/asia to make trading easier
-He didnt North Amercia and South America would be in his way
-He land in the carribean islands and explored
-Named the people there indians because he thought he was in india
-Did not find treasure but brought back native treasures to the king and queen of Spain -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez
- Brought back 99 tons of gold. -6 Million dollars worth of gold -Conquered the Aztecs and killed thier leader, Montezuma.
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Jan 1, 1519
Frar Marcos
-Explored New mexico and texas.
-Conquistador
-Trying to find the golden cities
-No big accomplishments -
Oct 25, 1519
Pineda
-Mapped the coast from Florida to Texas
-He made a report of the region
-He was exploring the land on the gulf coast
-Possibly discovered the Rio Grande -
Jan 1, 1528
DeVaca
-First person to explore Texas
-First to perform surgery on an indian as a medicine man.
-Reported the 7 cities of gold
-Discovered new Native american tribes -
Jan 1, 1539
DeSoto & Moscoso
-They Disccovered the Mississippi River
-Gave the same basic report that Coronado gave
-He said Harsh land and mean indians -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado
-Made an expidition to find Cibola, the 7 cities of gold.
-Turk led coronado to Quivera, another city of gold.
-Quivera was a witchita village so he killed Turk.
-Led a big expidition.
