1. OH MY GOD!!! Asia here we come! Hey check out the size of that…
After failing to convince other Kings and Queens that his plan would work, Columbus tries his luck with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
We can reach India and Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic.
Asia here we come!
Hey check out the size of that…
OH MY GOD!!!
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2. Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda 1519
In 1519 Governor of Jamaica sends Pineda on a mission. TX
Rio Grande
Go map the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and start a colony
Map
Cool!
Mexico
Pineda and his 270 men were the 1st Europeans to see and map the coastline of TX.
Arrest them!!
Retreat!!
Tampico
By Pineda
Cortes
Cortes sees Pineda as a rival and arrest some of his men to stop the competition. Pineda retreated up the coast.
Pineda starts a colony at Tampico