Spanish Explorers of Texas

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Stole gold from the most powerful empire in the New World

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Established Mexico City and became governor of New Spain

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Mapped the gulf coast in 1519

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Created the first map to include Texas

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Spanish cartographer

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Shipwrecked near present-day Galveston

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Lived among the natives and journeyed all over Texas for 8 years

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Wrote "La Relacion" describing the landscape and natives of Texas

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Led an expedition in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado