Old ships

Spanish Exploration

  • Columbus' first voyage
    Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus' first voyage

    The thing that he did was discover the new world. It was important because the was spices and gold.He was looking for gold to help Spain rebuild.
  • Cortes voyage
    Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes voyage

    he conquered Mexico and he conquered the aztecs it was important because he found lots of gold
  • pineda's voyage
    Jan 1, 1519

    pineda's voyage

    He was the first one to map the gulf coast and the first to discover texas. It was important because other explorers can take his route to the new world.
  • DeVaca's voyage part one
    Jan 1, 1528

    DeVaca's voyage part one

    His leader was narvez but he was killed by diesease. The purpose of the expedition was to find gold in florida
  • DeVaca discovers texas
    Jan 1, 1528

    DeVaca discovers texas

    They went from florida to texas on a manmade boat. They were there for 8 years. He met the karankawks and the jumano and the couhiltecans.
  • Moscoso's expedition
    Jan 1, 1534

    Moscoso's expedition

    The leader is DeSoto but he died. They discovered the mississippi river
  • fray marcos and esteban's journey
    Jan 1, 1539

    fray marcos and esteban's journey

    To study the land.He died for telling the zunis to give him women and food. Fray marcos said that he seen cibola
  • coronado's expedition
    Jan 1, 1540

    coronado's expedition

    He was looking for cibola and quivera.The person that guied him was named turk.They killed him for lying.He explored 5 states it was important because now they have more land.