Spanish Explorer Review

The first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean.

Part of the Narvaez expedition to chart the Gulf coast but washed ashore on Galveston Island.

An Italian explorer who, through the employ of the Spanish king and queen, first sailed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to India.

Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs.

"Discoverer" of the New World

Explorer who searched for the fable City of Gold

Escaped the Karankawa Indians and traveled to Baja California and then to Mexico City

First European to sail down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico

Took over de Soto's expedition after de Soto died

First European to set foot on Texas soil