Transcript Pineda

Explorers
of
Texas
Cortes (Spain)
• Areas Explored:
– Eastern coast of Mexico to Mexico City
• Achievements/Known For:
– Conquering the Aztecs; finding lots of gold; Aztec
capital became Mexico City and capital of New
Spain
Cabeza de Vaca (Spain)
• Areas Explored:
-from Florida to coast of Texas; landed on
Galveston Island then traveled interior Tx to
Mexico
• Achievements/Known For:
- first European to set foot in Texas; reported
seeing new sights like buffalo; performed the
first surgery; heard about seven cities of gold
Pineda (Spain)
• Areas Explored:
– Coast of Texas and Mexico
• Achievements/Known For:
– found Rio de las Palmas (Rio Grande)
– first to map the coast of Texas & Mexico
Coronado (Spain)
• Areas Explored:
– New Mexico, Arizona, West & North Texas
(panhandle), Oklahoma & Kansas
• Achievements/Known For:
– Looking for the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola &
Quivera); only found mud and angry Zuni warriors;
found the Grand Canyon; wrote about what he
saw
Moscoso (Spain)
• Areas Explored:
- Florida to Mississippi R. to East Texas and the
Brazos R.
• Achievements/Known For:
– First Europeans to reach the Miss. River; named
the commander of the expedition when de Soto
died; found the Brazos River
LaSalle (France)
• Areas Explored:
– Mississippi R., Coast of Texas- Matagorda Bay,
Louisiana
• Achievements/Known For:
– Claimed all of the land around the Miss. R for
France (named it after the king); set up the 1st
French colony called Fort St. Louis; 1st European to
navigate the Miss R., colony failed but it made
Spain pay more attention to TX.