USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is clear that the voyage gave the Spanish their first reliable information about the Texas coast including a well-drawn map. After Pineda’s voyage and the distribution of his map, the Spanish realized that the Gulf of Mexico provided no water route to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spain Begins to Explore Texas 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. From this expedition and the ones that followed, Spain claimed the area of present-day Texas as part of their territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the very first known maps of Texas and the Gulf Coast region was drawn by the Spanish explorer and cartographer, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda. In 1519 he led an expedition from Santiago (today’s Jamaica) with the intent to map an area from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Panuco River, near present-day Tampico, Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -PINEDA’S REPORT AND DETAILED MAP WERE FORWARDED TO GOVERNOR GARAY AND THEN TO KING CHARLES I OF SPAIN. ALTHOUGH PINEDA’S EXPEDITION WAS A FAILURE IN THAT HE FOUND NO PASSAGE TO THE ORIENT, IT DID ENCOURAGE FURTHER EXPLORATION ALONG THE GULF COAST THAT LED TO COLONIZATION BY SPANIARDS AND OTHER EUROPEANS.

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.