de Vaca
Florida and Texas
Whom did he sail with?
Columbus
Where did he explore?
Peru and Florida
What was he before he started exploring?
A slave
Who was the first governor of Cuba?
De Soto
Who explored with him?
Estevan
Where did he settle?
Hispaniola
What group did he want to conquer?
The Incas
Where was he taken prisoner?
In Texas
Who was the first governor of Puerto Rico?
Ponce de Leon
What was he looking for in Florida?
Gold
What two places did he explore?
Puerto Rico and Florida
What famous river did he cross?
The Mississippi
What other states did he explore?
New Mexico and Arizona
What is present-day Hispaniola called?
Dominican Republic and Haiti
What did he hear the native people talking about?
Seven cities of gold
What was he looking for in Florida?
The Fountain of Youth
A fever
Who went with Estevan to look for the Seven Gold Cities?
Fray Marcos
Who claimed to have found a "city of gold"?
Fray Marco
What did he convince the Spanish government to do?
Send more explorers
How did he die and where?
He was killed by Native Americans in Florida
Where was he buried?
In the Mississippi River
Why was Estevan so important to the people in his group?
He could speak the language of the Native Americans and could understand their way of life
Name three states that come from Spanish words
Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nevada, California, New Mexico