Explorers
This explorer was the first European to map the Texas gulf coast in 1519.
Alonso Pineda
Coronado's exploration of Texas was in large part because of "La Relacion", the writings of...
Cabeza de Vaca
Which country first came to the New World to expand their fur trade?
French
This explorer didn't find gold, only a "sea of grass" while looking for Cibola.
Francisco Coronado
This religion was spread by the European explorers to convert the Native Americans
Christianity
This settlement gave France claim to Texas.
Fort St. Louis
This explorer is falsely credited with having "discovered" America.
Christopher Columbus
This explorer was the first explorer to touch Texas soil
Cabeza de Vaca
Who was the explorer that found Palo Duro Canyon?
Coronado
This explorer circulated the rumor about their being "cities of gold".
Cabeza De Vaca
Many explorers came to the "New World" because of a rumor that they would find this?
gold
What was France searching for when they sent explorers to the "New World"?
The Northwest Passage
The only non-Spanish explorer
Rene la Salle
The main reasons the European explorers came to Texas are known as
the three G's
The Age of Contact Era begins with what?
Columbus' "discovery" of the New World