When did it happen?
1480
1490
1488: Bartolomeu
Dias sails past
southern tip of
Africa
Before
What do you know?
1500
1492: Christopher
Columbus reaches
the Americas
1510
1519: Hernán
Cortés lands
in Mexico
1520
1527: Álvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca
begins exploring
the Southwest
Questions
Who is credited with discovering
the "New World" for Spain?
What areas in the Americas did
Spain claim?
1530
What were some of the reasons
that the Spanish explored Texas?
1540
1535: Cabeza
de Vaca is first
European to
enter Texas
After
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