FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Alvarez de Pineda
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Cabeza de Vaca
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Coronado
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Dorantes
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1519, the explorer Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda became the first European to map the Texas Gulf Coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Era Overview. The Age of Contact (1528-1690) was the era when Spaniards – and later the French – arrived in Texas searching for wealth and hoping to find native empires (like the Aztecs or the Incans) to conquer.
Detailed explanation-5: -Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519. He and his men were the first Europeans to explore and map the Gulf littoral between the areas previously explored by Juan Ponce De León and Diego Velázquez.