Spanish Exploration

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Spanish Exploration

• A look into the world of Exploration!

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Christopher Columbus

• 1492, Columbus sails the ocean blue
• He and his crew land in Hispanola
• Called Native Americans Indios meaning Indians

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Spain establishes colonies

• Reasons for exploration
• Wealth (Gold)
• land power (Glory)
• Spread the Christian faith (God)
• 1519, Pineda and his crew were the first
  Europeans to explore the Texas coastline

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Hernando Cortes

• Searching for a rumored wealthy civilization
• He founded the city of Veracruz
• Aztec Empire
• Capitol Tenochtitlan
• Emperor Montezuma believed Cortes to be the
  legendary God, Quetzalcoatl
• Battles
• Cortes men took over the Aztec gold and silver
• Named the new capitol, Mexico City

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Panfilo de Narvaez

• Was granted the land of Florida
• Expedition
• 400 men and 82 horses were led ashore into
  present day Florida
• November 1528, a hurricane hits
• Narvaez drowned
• 80 survivors went ashore in Galveston
• First known Europeans to set foot in Texas
• Karanakawas felt bad for them gave them food
• the Karankawas began dying of small pox and
  influenza

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Cabeza de Vaca

• De Vaca was a survivor of the Narvaez Expedition
• Karankawa teachings
• De Vaca learned herbal remedies for the sick
• began to perform surgeries
• First Europeans to explore the interior of Texas
• Seven Cities of Gold
• City of Cibola an entire city made of gold
• There was no city of gold
• saw the shiny roofs of the adobe homes when the
  sun hit them just right

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• 1540 went to search for the 7 Cities of Cibola
• Traveled west to present day New Mexico
• Were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon!
• Failed mission never found gold!

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Hernando de Soto

• 1539 left Spain to search for the Cities of
  Cibola
• Explored parts of present day
• Georgia
• North South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Arkansas
• First major expedition to explore the interior of
  North America

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French Exploration
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Rene-Robert LaSalle

• Reached the mouth of the Mississippi on April 9,
  1682.
• Named the territory La Louisiane or Louisiana,
  in honor of the french King.
• Tried to establish a colony on the
  Texas/Louisiana border.
• Fort St. Louis
• Colony failed due to lack of supplies and drought
• LaSalle was killed by his own men.