FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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forts
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presidios
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mapped Texas coastline and Gulf of Mexico
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churches
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Detailed explanation-1: -IN 1519 THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED ALONSO ALVAREZ DE PINEDA (1494-1519) TO EXPLORE THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO IN THE HOPE OF FINDING A WATER PASSAGE FROM THE GULF TO THE ORIENT.
Detailed explanation-2: -Álvarez de Pineda became the first European to see the coastal areas of what is now western Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, lands he called “Amichel". He also sailed upriver on the Mississippi River, being credited with the discovery of this river.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda ( 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. He was born Born in Aldeacentenera, Spain. He created the first map to depict what is now Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Explorations Alonso Alvarez de Pineda set sail from Jamaica at the end of March 1519. He sailed west to follow the northern Gulf coast. Then he coasted Florida and entered Corpus Christi Bay (the current state of Texas).