The - Conquistadores

Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus left spain with three small ships and 33 day leter he found land . He found a small island on the Caribbean Sea and claimed it for spain . He reached the part of the world that Europe didnt know about . He was Italian but spain paid for his expodition .

Hernan Cortes

Oct 16, 1519

Cortes arrives in Mexico with 3 ships . takes over aztec empier and filled ships of gold .

Pineda

Oct 16, 1519

Was the first European to explor the Texas coast . mapped the coastline and repoted his findings to the govner of Jamaica . Made the first map of the texas coast line

Goals

Oct 20, 1519

They want gold . They want to change the indians to now God .
And glory .

Cabeza de vaca

Oct 19, 1527

Joined a large expodition led by Narveaz , the Karakaws move up and down the cost with vaca and they capture the others and there together they were fighting and a man got shot and saved him and became a shamen . Now there trying to escape , and they finnaly escape .He was the book keeper . and they look for cibola .

Steve Esteban

Oct 20, 1527

Narvaez

Oct 19, 1528

This man hoped to conquer the area between Florida and Mexico , but he failed . He has 3 ships and alot of people , to find out if the indians had gold but they didnt . 150 people die , no ships they built rafs big rafs 20 guys on each raf . A hurrican killed the rest of there men .

fray marcose

Oct 21, 1539

He wants to find cibolea the seven seas of gold . rout Mexico city to Elpaso follows the Rio Grande to the Northwest New Mexico . he sall cibolea they created the largest expodition in history to conquer to cibolea .

Coronado

Oct 21, 1540

He lead the expodition to find cibola. They found mud and stone buildings and they were and mad fighters were ready to defend there village during fighting he was wounded . route same as fray marcos . he descoverd Grand Canyon . now there trying to find Quivera . they are trying to go straight so they used buffelo chips to go stright .

moscoso

Oct 21, 1542

Exploered alot of whats know as southeastern Tx , when the first guy dided he took comand and went to the Missisippi .R went west and returned to the New Spain overland he failed . rout East Texas

Routs

Oct 20, 1580

For 27 years they are populating islands and makeing ports , From Cuba to Mexico . cadeza de vacas rout , Gulf coast plains , South Texas plaines , Edwards Platue , and Montains and Basins .

Onate

Oct 21, 1601

he marched a party down the Rio Grande into new Mexico . And they founded settlements . he did good but people did of desisees . Wants to build Spanish settelments in the Rio Grande in the Valley Mexico startes the Town of Santa Fe . Trying to get gold . spain Going to leave Texas for 75 . Explored Panhandle

La Salle

Oct 26, 1682

rout , followed missisippi down to the gulf of mexico . Goal to navigate the mississippi . named Louisian after king Loui . WAnts to build a colane . 1st ship attacked by pirates , 2nd ship sinkes and found ship in 1985 , then makes a fort named fort loui . 2 guys make it to missisippi and they killed La Salle . results the spanish came to east Texas

results

Oct 20, 2000

He found so much gold that he influenced other people to hunt for gold as well . Onate he did good but people did of desisees

Logan Smith

Dec 19, 2002

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