Exploration

Spanish exploration

  • christopher columbus first voyage
    Aug 3, 1492

    christopher columbus first voyage

    columbus finally persuaded the king and queen of spain to found his trip to find a west water route to asia to find gold and silver and spices
  • culumbus lands on america
    Oct 12, 1492

    culumbus lands on america

    columus found americe thinking it was india.When he saw the natives he called them indians.He thought since he landed in india he would find gold and silk but found noyhing but the natives wich would make good servants and their objects which they where trading with the explorers
  • cortes finds mexico
    Feb 1, 1519

    cortes finds mexico

    cortes goes on a trip funded by spains king and queen to go to find gold in the new land.when he landed at the land of gold he found a very advanced civilization called the aztecs wich welcomed cortez with gifts and things because the aztecs thought he was the god of fire as it was said
  • pineda sets sail
    Jun 2, 1519

    pineda sets sail

    he set sail and lands on the caost and is the first one to map the coast of texas all the way to the coast of florida and it left a map the the next explorers that follow him
  • Oct 31, 1520

    pineda find texas

    pineda is the first
  • cortez bring the gold
    Jan 1, 1521

    cortez bring the gold

    knowing that the land was full of gold after the war cortez brought 90 tons of gold back to spain and that is when many people sterted to venture to the new land
  • cortez conquers mexico
    Aug 13, 1521

    cortez conquers mexico

    cortez take over the tenochticlan and claims the land for spain and what was once a advanced tribe is now a land that was leved by cortez too show he was stronger
  • De vaca and esteban
    Jan 1, 1528

    De vaca and esteban

    they set sail to explore the map that pineda left and land at the coast of florida
  • frier marcos annd esteban
    Jan 1, 1539

    frier marcos annd esteban

    to evaluate the new land that they had had heard from the indians that there where seven cities of gold
  • mocoso
    Jan 1, 1539

    mocoso

    mocoso was in search for gold and he found the missisippi river instead and when he went back to spain he told the queen the same thing that coronado told him and that there is no gold
  • coronado
    Jan 1, 1540

    coronado

    was to find the 7 cities of gold and he didnt but then turk led them to find quivera and didnt they killed him