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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
Columbus was looking for silk and spices in India. instead of coming to India he crashed into the Bahamas and discovered the New World -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes voyage
Cortes conquered the Aztec's. it was important because if he didnt he wouldn't have found tons of gold. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's voyage
First to Map the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. -
Jan 1, 1528
DeVaca voyage start day
The leader was Narvez, and the purpose was to find the 7 cities of gold for Spain. -
Jan 1, 1537
De Vaca discovers Texas
First to write about the Texas Indians. Perform the first "surgery" in Texas as a medicine man. De Vaca was in Texas for 8 years. -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso' Expedition
The purpose of the journey is to search for gold. Moscoso discovered the Mississippi River. The report that Moscoso gave is the same as Coronado, Spainwould not return for 150 years beacuse of these reports -
Nov 15, 1539
Frat Marcos and Esteban Journey
The purpose of the journet is to study the 7 cities of gold. the told of seeing a city filled wiht gold, looked larger than Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado's Expedition
Coronado was looking for the 7 cities of gold. Texas and Arizona. The importance of his journey was to find the 7 cities of Cibola and then Quivera on the 2nd part of his journey
