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The Explorers

The Explorers. NOTES. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Christopher Columbus Wanted to find route to China and Asia Trade/fortune King and Queen financed trip Queen thought trip could spread Catholicism. Christopher Columbus sails. August 3, 1492 Sails to the Americas

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The Explorers

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  1. The Explorers NOTES

  2. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella • Christopher Columbus • Wanted to find route to China and Asia • Trade/fortune • King and Queen financed trip • Queen thought trip could spread Catholicism

  3. Christopher Columbus sails • August 3, 1492 • Sails to the Americas • Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

  4. Bahamas • Land in Bahamas, think they are in the Indies in Southeast Asia • Named new land San Salvador, for the Holy Savior • Named natives indios

  5. First Colony • Wanted to colonize • First colony: Santo Domingo on Hispaniola

  6. No support • The King and Queen withdraw support • Rumored to have been torturing and enslaving natives • He never found a passage to Asia

  7. Conquistadores • Spanish explorers looking for riches want to conquer the continent

  8. Piñeda • 1519 • Spanish explorer Pineda makes first map of Texas coastline

  9. Hernan Cortes • Cortes explores continent • Searching for riches

  10. Emperor Moctezuma • Moctezuma thinks Cortes is a god • Cortes takes advantage • Fighting breaks out • Spanish take over Tenochtitlan

  11. Tenochtitlan • Changed name of city to Mexico City

  12. Panifilo de Narvaez • Narvaez was granted Florida • Could colonize these lands to Mexico • Explored/stranded • Died in hurricane on makeshift rafts

  13. Survivors • Land in Galveston Bay • Encounter Karankawas • Diseases/conditions- many die explorers and Natives

  14. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca • 2nd in Command – Narvaez expedition • Estavanico – First African in Texas • With Natives – 6 years • Traveled to Mexico – 18 months

  15. Seven Cities of Cibola • Cabeza de Vaca • Told officials of Cibola • Estavenicoand Friar Niza sent to find city • Estavenico killed • Niza – rooftops of gold

  16. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado • Coronado searches for cities of gold • Doesn’t find them • Met El Turco in Tiguex • El Turco leads to Quivira • Supposed to have riches • None • El Turco killed

  17. Hernando de Soto • De Soto leaves from Spain 1539 • Searches for Cibola • Explores Florida & many southern states • No riches • Biggest southern exploration

  18. Spain Establishes Missions • Spanish begin to establish cities and Missions • Other competition • First city – Santa Fe 1610 • In Texas – Mission of Corpus Christi de la Ysleta 1682

  19. La Salle • La Salle travels the Mississippi River • At mouth of river April 9, 1682 • Named land La Louisiane (Louisiana) after King Louis XIV

  20. Colony • La Salle asks the King for funding to establish colony • Colony at mouth of river – strategic • Keep track of Spanish • Trade • Good soil – crops • missionaries

  21. La Salle faces obstacles • La Salle’s ships raided by bucaneers • Colonists wanted to go home • Past the mouth of Mississippi

  22. Galveston Bay-Matagorda Bay • land in Galveston bay – go on to Matagorda Bay • Lose a ship and supplies from it

  23. Karankawas • French encounter Karankawas • Friendly • They have French supplies from shipwreck • French try to battle natives to get supplies back • Become hostile – they receive no help acclimating

  24. La Salle looks for a way home • Tries to find Mississippi by land – many die in these attempts • Finally decides to go home • He is shot on this voyage • Colony is a failure • Everyone (adults) killed • 6 children - only survivors

  25. Explorers Timeline 1492 - Columbus reaches the Americas 1519 – Alvarez de Pineda explores Gulf Coast of Texas 1537 - Cabeza de Vaca Reports on Texas 1541 – Coronado leads expedition into Texas 1542 – De Soto-Moscoso expedition reaches East Texas 1610 – Juan do Onate establishes Santa Fe 1682 – Spaniards established the first mission, Corpus Christi de la Ysleta 1685 – La Salle established Fort St. Louis

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