Columbus
Christopher Columbus was not from Spain. He was from _______.
Italy
How many conquistadors did he bring on his 11 ships from Spanish Cuba to Mexico?
600
He was looking for a new route to ______.
Asia
What does Cabeza de Vaca mean in Spanish?
head of cow
What part of Texas did he explore and write about?
The Plains (Panhandle)
Asia
What did he do so that his men could not go back home?
sank the ships
What did he explore and map?
Texas coastline
What happened to his ships at Galveston Island?
They were wrecked!
He wanted to get rich and find _____.
gold
What were the names of the three ships King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave him in 1492?
Nina
Pinta
Santa Maria
What did he do to the Aztecs led by Moctezuma II?
conquered them
What two rivers did he include on his maps?
Mississippi River
Rio Grande River
How long did he explore Texas and the Southwest?
7 to 8 years
He named one Texas settlement _________, which means ______ in Spanish.
Amarillo
yellow
What island did he reach? Give the name he called it and what it is called today.
San Salvador
Bahamas
How did he get more men?
accepted the conquered men from the Aztec Empire
What did Spanish Governor of Jamaica Francisco de Garay want him to do?
explore and chart the gulf coast from Florida to Mexico
What did the Karankawa Indians do to him?
held him captive (made him a slave)
What was he really looking for? (4 Words)
Seven Cities of Cibola
What did he call the people he met? (Hint: He thought he landed at the Indies.)
Indians
What did he build on top of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?
Mexico City (capital of New Spain)
Because of his reports, Spanish officials built a _____ in the Rio Grande area.
permanent settlement
He was the first European to see a ________ and explore _______ and the Southwest.
buffalo
Texas
Why was his expedition considered a failure?
He never found the gold or any treasures.