USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was the Spanish explorer who first mapped the coastline of Texas. Alvarez de Pineda left Jamaica in early 1519 and sailed west to follow the northern coastline of the Gulf.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In 1519, Spanish explorer and map-maker Alonso Álvarez de Pineda led an Spanish expedition that, for the first time, mapped the coast of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -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).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.