Exploration of Texas PDF

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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Alavar........,...,..,..__. Nunez Cabeza.. ,...............de ________ _..,._ __.._,._,.,. Vaca ---- When: When: 1528 Where: He was shipwrecked off the 1519 Texas Coast. Accomplishments: Where: Sailed along coast of He lived with the Native Americans Gulf of Mexico and possibly up and survived as a trader and healer. the Rio Grande river. Cabeza de Vaca and Estavanico was the first to extensively explore Texas. Why: Searching for a water route to the Pacific Ocean from He published a report of his time in Texas that led many Spaniards to be in the Gulf of Mexico. the Seven Cities of Cibola and to Accomplishments:. He also search for gold and glory in Texas. created the first well drawn man Fray Marcos de Niza Francisco Vasquez de Coronado When: 1540 Where: In land Texas When: 1540 Where: Inland Texas Accomplishments: He and Estevanico went looking for the Accomplishments: Coronado seven cities of Gold. set out to conquer Cibola an~ When Fray Marcos de found it he take its treasure back to Spam. was met with Niza When Fray Marcos de Niza disappointment as it was just a found it he was met with normal city. disappointment as it was just The Spanish no longer had a normal city. He was the first interest in exploring Texas after to explore the panhandle of this expedition. Texas and the Grand Canyon. Rene Robert Sieur de La Salle rYii.,... When: 1684 ~{_ -~ -i I f ' t::>· ~r l!.lii'_ - lll? - w"' · ~ :l, Where: Mississippi River f Why: Exploration \ -... =-.-..._, AthcecoMn:,p~is~m~nts: He was the first European to travel the le~g: of 1ss1ss1pp1. La Salle established Fort Saint Louis near Victoria Te ( f~r th~ ~ountry of France. He thinks the mouth ~f t;:~i':'1a~ag?rda_ bay) River 1s rn Texas. 1ss1ss1pp1 : The Spanish soldiers found Fort Saint Louis deserted (no one there.) When the French establ" h d F. a fort in the same locat" is te ort Saint Lo~is, the Spanish established ion ° protect Spanish claim in Texas.