Spanish Explorers

Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda  1519: ______to map the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and establish a Spanish colony  took ______men on ___ ships  ______Europeans to observe the Texas coastline  established a settlement in present-day ______, Mexico

Hernan Cortez  ______to explore present-day Mexico and find the rich and powerful civilization that had ______and ______ Emperor ______of the ______thought Cortez was their god,______ Cortez and his men ______the Aztecs and took their gold and silver  renamed Tenochtitlan - " ______"  present-day Mexico becomes "______"

Panfilo de Narvaez  1526: was granted the land of ______by the king of Spain  ______to ______the land between Florida and Mexico  1528: in attempt to sail to Mexico, Narvaez and about ______of his men drowned at sea due to a ______ about ____ survivors came ashore in ______(they were the ______Europeans to set foot in Texas)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca  one of the last ____ survivors of the Narvaez expedition

 for ____ months they traveled across Texas and into Mexico

 ______Europeans to ______Texas

 Native Texans told de Vaca of the "______" known as ______Spanish Explorers

1538 Friar Marcos de Niza  Sent to find ______

 Led the first expedition into ______United States

 De Niza was a friar, not a military leader and only brought a ______men with him.

 Estevanico (from de Vaca’s group) came along with de Niza and was used as a ______to

search for Cibola.

 But he was killed by ______in New Mexico.

1540 Coronado  Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was set out to conquer the ______city of Cibola.

 He brought over ______with him.

 He and his men searched for ______for Cibola.

 They found a Zuni village with ______, but no gold.

 A ______named El Turco “The Turk” promised to lead Coronado’s group to a rich land

named ______.

 The Turk led the Spanish from ______to ______where they found a simple

grass hut village.

 Turco was executed because Coronado knew he was lying.

 In ______they return to Mexico failing to find gold.

1540 Hernando de Soto  Sent to find the ____ Cities of Cibola.

 Explored the ______United States.

 Reached the ______where he became ill and died.

 His men went into ______before returning to the Mississippi where they built boats

and returned to Mexico.