Texas Explorers Foldable September 17, 2014
A. Who?
B. What?
C. When?
D. Where?
E. Why?
oft "Hernan Cortes
Conquered Aztec, Established firstSpanish settlement in Mexico
(Mexico City) which became a basefor Spanish colonization
1519Mexico City
In search of gold
mPined_nNA. Who?
B. What?
C. When?
b. Where?
E. Why?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
#lrst to see and map the Texas GulfCoast1519
Gulf CoastLooking for Northern waterways to
the Pacific Ocean
Texas Explorers Foldable September 17, 2014
A. Who?
B. What?
C. When?
beza DeAlvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Part of the Narvaez expedition, shipwrecked on
Galveston & rescued by the Karankawa, worked
with Karankawa as a servant, healer, & trader,
published many books on Native Americans
when he returned to Spain.
1528-1536
D. Where?
E. Why?
Throughout the Southern half ofTexas with the Karankawa
'ÿCame with the Narvaez expedition
looking for gold, but never foundany
E. Why?
A. Who?
B. What?
C. When?
D. Where?
DCoronadoBFrancisco Vasquez de Coronado
Discovered huge herds, of buffalo,Discovered Palo Duro Canyon
1540-1542Southwestern part of the United
States and into TexasSent by Spanish government tofind the City of Gold (Cibola).
They found none & his expeditionwas considered a failure.
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Salle A. Who?
B. What?
E. Why?
C. When?
D. Where?
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle
ooking for & missed the Mississippi River,Got lost & landed in Texas, built Fort St. Louis,poor leader, murdered by his own soldier,expedition was a disaster.
1685-87
Louisiana,Texas CoastTo secretly create a French colony on theMississippi River which would strengthenFrench claim to Louisiana without letting
Spanish know (would make them angry). Theexpedition gave France a claim to Texas
which challenged Spain's empire.