USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda (Spanish: [piˈneða]; 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

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. From this expedition and the ones that followed, Spain claimed the area of present-day Texas as part of their territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1519, the explorer Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda became the first European to map the Texas Gulf Coast.

Detailed explanation-5: -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). He took possession of it in the name of the Crown of Spain and founded a city there.