Explore: European Explorers
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- Reasons for Explorations
- GoldGloryGodSpread Christianity to the natives
- They left searching for gold and wealth.
- They wanted to become famous
- The first spanish explorer to map the texas coast
- Pineda
- 1519, he came to Texas to Explore
- Cabeza De vaca
- After 8 years, in 1536, He arrived back in Mexico city with stories of a city of gold
- Was captured by the Karankawas after being shipwrecked in 1528
- conorado
- (1)He was considered a failure because he never found any gold
- He arrived in 1540 with a team of 1000 men.
- (2)Despite this, he discovered the palo duro canyon, the grand canyon, and the pacific ocean
- La Salle
- He was killed by his own men in 1687, and only 7 survived and made it back alive.
- Arrived on matagorda bay after missing the Mississippi river in 1685 on a ship called The belle
- Aleeya (me!)
- I would like to explore the mountains and basins region and discover Guadalupe peak in 1590
- After he arrived in Texas, he got the attention of the Spanish, which caused them to try to prevent any more french explorers in Texas later on.
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