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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
Columbus' goal was to try to find a short water route to Asia and find treasures and riches, and trade. He explored the Bahamas, Cuba, and America. Columbus found gold, treasures, the New World, and Native Americans (who he called Indians, as he believed he was in Asia when really he was in America). Columbus' importance is that he discovered America and was a big role in encouraging exploration. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes' First Voyage
Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire (the Aztecs), in Mexico. Cortes' importance included furthermore exploration in North and South America, and he found 99 tons of gold. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda's First Voyage
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapped nearly 800 miles from Florida Texas. With this, Pineda's importance in history is that he encouraged future exploration by giving them a route to explore. -
Apr 1, 1528
DeVaca's First Voyage (start day)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's leader was Narvez and their goal was to try to find gold. -
Jan 1, 1532
DeVaca Discovers Texas
Cazeba De Vaca landed on Texas because they were shipwrecked by storm, and ended up staying on Texas for four years. They were greeted, held captive, and helped by the Karankawa, Coahuiltecans, and Jumano Native Americans. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban's Journey
Fray Marcos and slave Estaban were looking to evalute land up to the North. Estaban learned to communicate with the Native Americans and was on good terms with them an was given women and gifts, so when he met with an unfriendly group of Indians, he was killed. Fray Marcos reported that he found The Seven Cities Of Gold, which looked larger than Mexico City. -
Jan 1, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
De Soto was the original leader, but he died due to a fever, so Moscoso took over. Moscoso didn't discover anything, as he gave the same report as Coronado, which is there's nothing in Texas, so no explorers went to Texas for over 150 years. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado's Expedition
Francisco Coronado searched for The Seven Cities of Gold and Quivera, with his guide The Turk for finding Quivera. Unfortunately for The Turk, there was no real Quivera, so Coronado killed him. Coronado discovered Palo Duro Canyon, and The Grand Canyon, and Coronado's importance in history was that he reported to not go to Texas because of harsh Indians, difficult land, and no gold. This caused explorers to not return to Texas for 150 years.
