Tue, October 2nd

• Ch 3 Section 3-5 Notes • You are a Spanish explorer. You have been sailing for weeks across an ocean. You spot land and go ashore. Natives come out of nowhere and approach you. Write about What happens next? You must write at least 3 sentences! Be Creative!

Texas Exploration Timeline

Hernan Cortes 1519

De Pineda 1519

De Narvaez 1528

1500

Cabeza de Vaca 1529-1542

Marcos De Niza 1538

Francisco Coronado 1540

De Soto 1539

La Salle 1684

1700

Alvarez de Pineda

• Looking for a water route to Pacific Ocean• Sailed along Gulf Coast- 1519• Mapped the Texas Coast• 1st Spanish Explorer to see Mississippi River

Panfilo de Narvaez

• Landed in Florida• Divided up, 300 men explored on land, other

sailed back to Cuba.• Sickness/Hunger occurred• Made rafts, landed in Galveston in NOV 6,

1528

Cabeza de Vaca 1528• Survivor of Narvaez Expedition• Left for dead• Possibly lived with Karankawa• Traded with Indians• Enslaved by Coahuiltecans 2nd harvest• Escaped in 1534• Earned a reputation as a Shaman when he

removed an arrowhead from an Indians chest, and stitched up the wound.•Wrote a book called Relacion, describing land,

people, and animals.

Marcos de Niza and Estevanico

• Searching for 7 Cities of Cibola - 1538• De Niza (priest) led group• Estevanico (traveled with de Vaca)• Estevanico thinks he sees 7 cities of gold.• Estavanico is killed by Zuni Indians• De Niza gets scared, returns home telling tales

of cities of Gold and Silver.

Francisco Coronado

• sent by Spain to find and conquer Cibola• 1540 – found pueblo where Estevanico was killed• Found no gold or silver in Cibola• Heard tales of Quivira (wealthy city)• Traveled all over southwest 1st to see Grand Canyon• Finds Quivira in Kansas, nothing but golden grass huts• Returns to Mexico City in 1542• Tells Spain land North of Mexico has very little wealth• Spain becomes less interested in sending more explorers

Hernando de Soto/Moscoso

• Explored southeast US• Started in Florida 1539• First to cross the Mississippi• De Soto died, Moscoso takes over• Ran into Caddos, Tayshas-->Tejas• Sailed back to Mexico• Found Petroleum but saw no value

Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle

• French - 1685• ( water route to Pacific Ocean/Asia) Looking

for Northwest Passage • Claimed the Mississippi River for France• Named Louisiana after King Louis XIV• Came back to build fort at the Mouth of

Mississippi.

La Salle continued…

• Left France 1684• Reached Gulf of Mexico but sailed past Mississippi• Landed in Matagorda Bay• Shipwrecked La Belle• Built Ft. St Louis (sickness)• Settlers attacked by Karankawa• Mutiny occurs.• Spain learns of Ft. and realizes it must protect area

from other countries.

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