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Columbus was looking for gold, spices and a sea rough to asia. He did not find asia though or gold, he found the Bahamas but he still thought it was india, and bousted(lied) about Gold in asia.(which he did not go to)
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Pineda mapped the coast from florida to Texas settiing a place for future explorers to go.
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Cortes explored mexico and conqured the Aztecs. after he finished he plundered 99 tons of gold.
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Narves was the leader of the expidition to find Gold in Florida.
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De Vaca (Narvez's men) made 5 bouts and though storms and gails only 1 crashed on galveston island witch he named mis fotune. and over 8 years he met the karankowa, Jumano,and the counilteans.
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moncoso` was the leader, and he discovered the mississippi river.
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They went to find the 7 citys of Cibola, Esteban was killed by the Zunis for demanding their wemon, and fray Marcos reported seeing a city of gold.
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Coronado was searching for the cibola city that fray Marcos told of, and latter Quivera after hearing of it from the Turk who died after his lie was revealed. The only thing of importance Coronado found was Palo Duro canyon in texas and the Grand canyon in Arizona