Unit 3: Age of Contact (Explorers)

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This explorer was the first to map the Texas coastline in 1519.

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Pineda

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This explorer traveled through Texas and wrote a journal called "La Relacion."

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Cabeza de Vaca

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This explorer led an expedition through the Texas panhandle in search of gold.

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Coronado

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This French explorer established a stockade in East Texas called Fort St. Louis.

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La Salle

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This era describes European exploration in Texas.

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Age of Contact

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Explorer

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a person who explores an unfamiliar area

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Conquistador

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a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain

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Navigate

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to find a way through a body of water

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Stockade

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a crude fort

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This explorer lived with Karankawan Natives after shipwrecking off the coast of Texas.

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Cabeza de Vaca