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he was looking for an easier water route to asia
what he found insted was north and south america
its importance in history is that he basically started everything -
he maped out the cost of florida down to texas it was important because he helped people realize that florida is not an island which led to more exploring
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he conquered in mexico he conquered the aztecs he is important because he got people to want to explore and started mexico city
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Panfilo de Narvaez
expedition for gold -
after he is hot by storms he lands in galveston
5 years
Karankawa, -
Hernando De Soto from a fever
explored large area of land -
find the 7 cities of gold
estaban was killed
he reported that 7 cities of gold did indeed exist -
Cíbola, Quivara
the turk
he escaped knowing he was reponsible for lots of bad stuff
he discovered that there is no such thing as 7 cities of gold
he explored lots of the west