<p> Spanish Explorers</p><p>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</p><p>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 "______"</p><p>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)</p><p>Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca  one of the last ____ survivors of the Narvaez expedition</p><p> for ____ months they traveled across Texas and into Mexico</p><p> ______Europeans to ______Texas</p><p> Native Texans told de Vaca of the "______" known as ______Spanish Explorers</p><p>1538 Friar Marcos de Niza  Sent to find ______</p><p> Led the first expedition into ______United States</p><p> De Niza was a friar, not a military leader and only brought a ______men with him.</p><p> Estevanico (from de Vaca’s group) came along with de Niza and was used as a ______to </p><p> search for Cibola.</p><p> But he was killed by ______in New Mexico.</p><p>1540 Coronado  Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was set out to conquer the ______city of Cibola.</p><p> He brought over ______with him.</p><p> He and his men searched for ______for Cibola.</p><p> They found a Zuni village with ______, but no gold. </p><p> A ______named El Turco “The Turk” promised to lead Coronado’s group to a rich land </p><p> named ______.</p><p> The Turk led the Spanish from ______to ______where they found a simple </p><p> grass hut village.</p><p> Turco was executed because Coronado knew he was lying.</p><p> In ______they return to Mexico failing to find gold. </p><p>1540 Hernando de Soto  Sent to find the ____ Cities of Cibola.</p><p> Explored the ______United States.</p><p> Reached the ______where he became ill and died. </p><p> His men went into ______before returning to the Mississippi where they built boats </p><p> and returned to Mexico.</p>