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Aug 4, 1492
Colombus
Coloumbus was trying to find a west water route to Asia. He found the new world, gold and, native americans. This is important because not only does it tell other people that there is gold there, it starts exploration -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes voyage
he conquered Aztecs, he conquered Leader Montezuma, and this is important because he brought back 99 bounds of gold. this is also important because it started the gulf coast exploration -
Jun 2, 1519
Pineda's voyage
He was trying tofind a water route to the pacific ocean But instead, he found the route to florida leading to texas. This is important because the finding caused other explores to explore the coast from flordia to texas -
Apr 15, 1528
DeVaca part 1
His leader is Narvez and their urpose of this expidition was to search for gold in florida. -
Apr 15, 1528
DeVaca dicovers Texas
they were left florida to find gold and then would meet back up with the ship. scince they people didnt see them they thought they had died so they left them stranded. they build wood boats to get back to cuba but landed on galveston where they shipwecked with only 80 survivors. De Vaca and the 80 suvivors where aided by the krankawas for 4 years untill they were back to full health. he met the Karankawas, Couhilteons, and the Jumano indian tribes. -
Jan 1, 1539
Fray Marcos and Esteban Journey
The purpose of this journey, was to study the land that they had been told that it was full of gold. Esteban was later killed by the Zunes for demanding their wpmen and food. He reported that he too had seen the city filled with gold and that it looked larger than Mexico city. -
May 18, 1539
Moscoso's Expedition
De Soto was the leader but then died at the mississippi river, so Moscoso took over. they discovered the mississipi river. -
Sep 22, 1540
Coronado's expedition
The two cities he found were, Texas - Palo Duro, and the Arizona Grand Canyon. His guide was an indian named Turk and was not helping them. Coronado and others figured out that Turk had taken them through 5 states hoping that they would all perish in the harsh conditions. they made Turk dig his own grave and then coronado strangled him to death.
