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Began European exploration in the Americas.
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He drew the map of the Texas coastline.
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He survived the Naverez expedition along with three other men. His ship wrecked on Galveston island and he was captured by Indians for many years. He traveled Texas for 7 years and wrote a book about his travels.
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He searched for the seven cities of gold but found nothing and reported back to the Texas Panhandle.
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Moscoso took over De Sotos expedition and found petrolium but did not know the value of it at the time. So he returned home.
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Onate claimed the Rio Grande Valley for Spain.
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It is located along the Rio Grande, just east of present day El Paso. The mission was built among the Tigua people.
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La Salle built Fort Saint Louis on Matagorda Bay.
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It was the first mission founded in East Texas.
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It was the second mission founded in east Texas along the Neches river. It was completely destroyed by flooding from the Neches River.
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Was originally built in East Texas to protect the Spanish owned territory from the French. Then after several moves the mission was permanently moved to San Antonio in 1731.
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It remained in use for more than 50 years until it was abandoned in 1773.
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Was the first in a chain of 5 missions established near San Antonio.
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Was the second and largest in a chain of 5 missions established along the San Antonio River.
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It was built along the Matagorda Bay of the Guadalupe River.
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Made its permanate home near San Antonio and is the fourth in a chain of missions along the San Antonio River.
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Was originally named San Francisco de los Tejas. The mission was renamed and moved to the San Antonio area becoming the fifth mission in the chain of missions along the San Antonio River.
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Were founded along the San Xavier River. Conflict with the local garrison commander led to relocation of the missions to a site on the San Marcos River in 1755.
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It was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by Indians less than a year after it was established.
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Was the last Spanish mission founded in Texas. It was later abandoned in 1830