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- Christopher Columbus
- Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
- Hernan Cortez
- October 1492 he was looking for a faster and safer route to Asia.
- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
- 1519 Pineda set out from Jamaica to map the coast of Gulf of Mexico.He became the first European to observe the Texas coast . He did not finish his mission . Some of his men were arrested by Hernan Cortez , who saw the explorers as a threat to his mission.
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
- 1519 Hernan Cortez was sent to present day mexico by the governor of Cuba.upon arrival the Aztecs viewed Cortes and his men as gods because of their horses , firearms, and metal armor.
- Rene-Robert Caverlier,Sieur de La salle
- 1526 Cadeza de Vaca was exploring Florida as a member of the Narvaez expedition . This got lost and was forced to build boats to sail back to mexico in 1528 .
- in 1540 Coronado and more than 1000 men went to search for the city in 1540. they found the grand canyon , the pacific Ocean and explored all the way into present day Kansas , but never found the city of gold .
- 1685 La salle arrived in Texas he was already a Famous French explorer. He convinced the length of the mississippi River. La salle set out with four ships to pirates along the way .
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