USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH EXPLORERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
given permission by the King of Spain to explore Mexico; enemy of Cortes; tried to reach Florida but became lost; sailed along Gulf Coast and crashed onto San Luis Island near Galveston; known for my disastrous expedition, few people in my party survived.
A
Narvaez
B
Velaquez
C
Cortes
D
La Salle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish explorers found the Aztec and Aztec’s gave the Gold. The natives there accepted them with kindness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cabeza de Vaca was a member of a Spanish expedition that set out to colonize Florida in 1527. Under attack from Florida’s Indians, Cabeza de Vaca and a number of other men sailed a makeshift barge westward, hoping to find a Spanish settlement in Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528, when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island. The raft held survivors of an ill-fated Spanish expedition to settle Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked on a low sandy island off the coast of Texas. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, he is the first European to set foot on the soil of the future Lone Star state.

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