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5.2 The Spanish Explore Texas. Pineda Explores the Gulf Coast. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was looking for a northern waterway to the Pacific In 1519, he left Jamaica and sailed into the Gulf of Mexico He sailed along the Gulf Coast.
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Pineda Explores the Gulf Coast • Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was looking for a northern waterway to the Pacific • In 1519, he left Jamaica and sailed into the Gulf of Mexico • He sailed along the Gulf Coast. • Pineda and his crew were the first-known Europeans to see the Texas coast.
Narvaez and the “Island of Misfortune” • In 1527, Panfilo de Narvaez lead another voyage from the Gulf of Mexico in search of riches. • Landed on the Florida coast near Tampa Bay. They found no gold and got lost. • Many Spaniards were sick and injured fighting Native Americans • After not being able to locate their ships, they built several small boats.
Storm in the Gulf • Narvaez drowned when his poorly anchored boat washed out to sea. • The other two boats were shipwrecked on what could have been Galveston or the San Luis Pass.
Cabeza de Vaca • Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca called Galveston “Malhado” meaning misfortune • Only 80 of the 600 explorers survived to reach land • They lost all of their supplies and some had no clothes (with winter coming, the situation was grim!)
De Vaca and the Karankawa • A group of Karankawa took in the weary explorers and shared their supplies with them. • For the next few years, de Vaca worked as a servant, a trader, and a healer.
Estavanico • De Vaca met up with 3 other explorers from the Narvaez expedition. • One was a North African named Estavanico • The 4 men escaped and headed toward Mexico City • Estavanico had a skill for comminicating with the Native Americans that helped the explorers • 1856, nearly 8 years after their shipwreck, they came across some Spanish soldiers who took them to Mexico City.