THE SPANISH IN TEXAS

Magellan

• Magellan sought a southern waterway to the Pacific Ocean

• He sailed around the tip of South America

• Ships were lost in bad storms

• Magellan died in the Philippines

• The 18 sailors who lived were the first to sail around the world

Magellan

Goal Sought a southern waterway to the Pacific

Ocean Results

Was the first explorer to sail around the world

Pineda

Goals Alonso Alvarez de Pineda wanted to find a northern

waterway to the Pacific In 1519 he sailed with a fleet from Jamaica into the Gulf

of MexicoResults He headed west from Florida and hit a river he named

“River of Palms” His group camped there for 40 days and returned to

Jamaica Pineda and his explorers were the first Europeans to see

the Texas coast They also produced a map of the northern coast of the

Gulf of Mexico

Narvaez

In 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez lead another voyage to the Gulf of Mexico

5 ships with 600 soldiers and horses In April 1528 the explorers landed near

Tampa Bay, Florida He met Indians and they told him of the

Apalachee, a land rich in gold Narvaez divided his force and 300 soldiers

went in search of the gold

Struggle

Traveling through the Florida swamps the Spaniards became lost and ran out of food

Many were killed or wounded during Indian attacks

When arrived at Apalachee, there was no gold

Discouraged they made their way back to the coast

Shipwrecked When they reached the shore,

they could not find their ships The ships had actually

returned home The stranded and starving

soldiers had to eat their horses to survive

They built several small boats and set out to sea

Panfilo de Narvaez’s expedition ended in a ship wreck on the Texas coast

Three boats washed up on Texas coast and Narvaez drowned

The two other ships washed up on a Texas Island

Narvaez

Goals• Find Gold in AmericaResults• April 1528 the explorers landed near Tampa Bay,

Florida• He met Indians and they told him of the

Apalachee, a land rich in gold• Narvaez divided his force and 300 soldiers went

in search of the gold• When arrived at Apalachee, there was no gold• They headed back but the ships had left• Panfilo de Narvaez’s expedition ended in a ship

wreck on the Texas coast

Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca and 80 soldiers

made it to the island The Spaniard spent eight years

among the Texas Indians in the 1500s

Stranded once again they last most of their supplies and clothes

With winter coming the situation was growing worse

The Karankawa Indians took the explorers in and shared their supplies with them

Most of the Spanish died during the winter

The few that survived were held captive and forced to work hard

Cabeza de Vaca For the next few years

de Vaca worked as a servant, a trader, and a healer

Finally he met three other explorers who had been taken by the Coahuiltecan Indians.

Will meet a north African named Estevanico and they will search for Mexico

End of an Ordeal They traveled from one

Indian village to another, along the way de Vaca pulled on arrow from an Indians chest

After 8 years they came across some Spanish soldiers and were taken to Mexico City.

Cabeza de Vaca published his story called The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca

Goals• Survive and get back to MexicoResults

The Spaniard spent eight years among the Texas Indians in the 1500s

For the next few years de Vaca worked as a servant, a trader, and a healer

Finally he met three other explorers who had been taken by the Coahuiltecan Indians.

Will meet a north African named Estevanico and they will search for Mexico

After 8 years they came across some Spanish soldiers and were taken to Mexico City.

Journal #2 Your expedition becomes lost…..describe your

troubles Food Disease Death Indians Supplies