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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Jan 1, 1528
De vaca and esteban
they set sail to explore the map that pineda left and land at the coast of florida -
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 -
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 -
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
