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Jan 1, 1400
Age of exploración
Europeas explores be cause the were looking for God, Gold. Glory. Columbus was looking for a route to Asia. The early explorers came from Europe and Mexico. A conquistador is a person who conquer of the Spanish. Courtes found new Spain. -
Jan 1, 1517
Pineda maps Texas coast
Pineda explored to map the western coast line of the Gulf of Mexico. -
Period: Jan 1, 1532 to
Cabeza de vaca ship wreck
Vanessa de vaca got captured by the Karankawa tribe. A disease killed most of the native while the age of contact. When he got back to Mexico people thought he was a inspiration. -
Period: Jan 12, 1541 to
Coronado sets of to cibola
Cibola is a mythical land that is part of one of the lands of gold. They thought it was in Texas because they heard stories and thing about this. They did not find cibola because it is a myth. They found the Grand Canyon and other landmarks. But not cibola -
Fort St. Louis
Is in Texas near arenosa creek and matagorda bay . By explorer Robert cavalier. They got pushed away in the wrong direction and hostile. La salle was killed by Indians. -
La salle lands in Texas
France began challenging Texas and Spain.la sallle discovered the Mississippi delta.