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Explorers of Texas Cortes (Spain) • Areas Explored: – Eastern coast of Mexico to Mexico City • Achievements/Known For: – Conquering the Aztecs; finding lots of gold; Aztec capital became Mexico City and capital of New Spain Cabeza de Vaca (Spain) • Areas Explored: -from Florida to coast of Texas; landed on Galveston Island then traveled interior Tx to Mexico • Achievements/Known For: - first European to set foot in Texas; reported seeing new sights like buffalo; performed the first surgery; heard about seven cities of gold Pineda (Spain) • Areas Explored: – Coast of Texas and Mexico • Achievements/Known For: – found Rio de las Palmas (Rio Grande) – first to map the coast of Texas & Mexico Coronado (Spain) • Areas Explored: – New Mexico, Arizona, West & North Texas (panhandle), Oklahoma & Kansas • Achievements/Known For: – Looking for the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola & Quivera); only found mud and angry Zuni warriors; found the Grand Canyon; wrote about what he saw Moscoso (Spain) • Areas Explored: - Florida to Mississippi R. to East Texas and the Brazos R. • Achievements/Known For: – First Europeans to reach the Miss. River; named the commander of the expedition when de Soto died; found the Brazos River LaSalle (France) • Areas Explored: – Mississippi R., Coast of Texas- Matagorda Bay, Louisiana • Achievements/Known For: – Claimed all of the land around the Miss. R for France (named it after the king); set up the 1st French colony called Fort St. Louis; 1st European to navigate the Miss R., colony failed but it made Spain pay more attention to TX.