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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