USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Luis de Moscoso Alvarado was a member of Hernando De Soto’s expedition to explore La Florida-today’s southeastern United States-and to obtain gold and other riches from the native peoples of the North American continent.

Detailed explanation-2: -On May 8, 1530 Alvarado founded the town of San Miguel de la Frontera in modern San Miguel Department. In addition, Alvarado founded San Miguel with about 120 Spanish cavalry, as well as with infantry and Indian auxiliaries, crossed the Lempa River and founded San Miguel on 21 November 1530.

Detailed explanation-3: -He commanded one of the seven ships in Soto’s fleet, which sailed from the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on April 7, 1538, bound for Florida via Cuba.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.