1. Chapter 5 - Explorers

2. This 800-year struggle was called the Reconquista, or reconquest
Since the A.D. 700s, Spanish Christians battled to regain control of Spain. During that time, Spain was controlled by the Moors, an Islamic people. The Christians believed that God wanted them to drive out the Moors. The struggle ended in 1492 when Spanish Christians drove the Moors out of Granada.
This 800-year struggle was called the
Reconquista, or reconquest
The Moors were an Islamic people who originally came from northwest Africa.

4. The Impact of the Spanish Defeat of the Moors on Overseas Exploration
The Moors gain control of Spain.
800 years of struggle, called the Reconquista, begin as Spain fights to retake the land.
Spain drives the Moors out.
The defeat of the Moors inspires Spain to explore other lands.
Spain funds Christopher Columbus’s overseas voyage.
His success leads to the voyages of more explorers.

5. Columbus

6. Columbus visited 5 of the islands in the Bahamas before
reaching Cuba. To this day we still don’t know
exactly which one he landed on first.
The most common belief is that he
landed first at
San Salvador.

7. Columbus Monument-
San Salvador Island

8. Cortes

9. Cortes lands at Veracruz in 1519.
By 1521 he conquered the Aztecs by attacking and defeating their capital city of Tenochtitlan.

10. Ancient Aztec Capital - Tenochtitlan

13. Tenochtitlan Ruins Today

15. Pineda
First person to map the gulf coast.

16. First map of Gulf Coast – Made by Pineda in 1519

17. Cabeza de Vaca
One of four survivors
of the 1527 
Narváez expedition

18. After 8 years of traveling around the American Southwest Cabeza de Vaca returned to Spain in 1537 where he wrote a detailed account of his travels in a book called Relacion.

19. Coronado

20. Coronado set out to find the 7 Cities of Gold or Cibola

21. Discovered Black Gold in East Texas
Moscoso
Spanish explorer who assumed command after Desoto’s death and was the first to explore East Texas
Discovered Black Gold in East Texas

22. Onate Quivira is also known as Cibola
Looked for the gold that Coronado failed to find.
Gave El Paso it’s name.
Married  Hernán Cortés granddaughter.

23. LaSalle Claimed Louisiana for France
Established Fort St. Louis in Texas
Fort later attacked and destroyed by Karankawas