Explorers of the New World
By: Alyssa
Mrs. Rodriguez
4th Grade
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
c. 1490 – c.1557
 Famous for exploring and mapping out
Texas.
 Explored from the lower half of the
Mountain Basin , through the southern
half of the Great Plains, and finally
through the southern half of the Coastal
Plains.
 He explored the New World.
 Indians helped him when he was on his
death bed.
 He lived with the Indians in the
Missions and even dressed like them in
their clothing.
 Appalled by the Spanish treatment of
the Indians and urged more generous
policies towards them.
Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado
1510-1554
 Never found any riches or gold.
 Explored Northern Texas near the Pan
Handle.
 Explored the New World.
 Searched for the Seven Cities of Gold. Never
found the Seven Cities of Gold.
 He represented Spain. Spain hired him to
explore Texas to try and find gold, claim new
territory or land, and to spread their Religion.
Robert Cavelier de la Salle
1643-1687
 Explored the Eastern part of Texas or the
Northern part of the Coastal Plains.
 Explored the New World.
Jose de Escandon
 Between 1748 and 1755 he founded the
cities:
Carmargo
Loredo
Reynosa
Rio Grande
 He is known as the “father of the lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Missions
 Catholic priest estabilish the mission.
 Mission
and their environment the needs of the indian
people and priest who lived on them.
 Catholic missions because they wanted to spreed
christianity and estabilish permanet settlements
 Spanish missions were started in all the Texas reigons
Except the Central plains.
 Lumber was used by the mission people to build fences
around the missions for protection from Native Americans.
 If a mission was successful it would turn into a town or a
city.
 There was no rain for long periods of time so the mission
population would built irrigation ditches to help water
the crops.
 These irrigation ditches held the rain in them when it
did fall .
 Mission were self sustainable that means they took care
of themselves by growing their own crops , raising their
own livestock ,(cows , chicken , pigs ) and making their
own clothing.
Resources
Jose de Escandon:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=jose+de+escandon&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IESearchBox&biw=1122&bih=749&tbm=isch&tbnid=CJziqKys4_qkYM:&imgrefurl=http://personales.mundivia.es/cp39006510/JOS
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p39006510/images/ESCANDON%252520DON%252520JOSE.gif&w=270&h=300&ei=mJKhTqy1F7OnsAKw1pyzBQ&zoom=1&iact
=hc&vpx=184&vpy=128&dur=3338&hovh=237&hovw=213&tx=123&ty=162&sig=115694856949312566453&page=1&tbnh=1
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=alvar+nunez+cabeza+de+vaca&um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IESearchBox&biw=1122&bih=749&tbm=isch&tbnid=eWEqB3TKeXNf3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.amersol.edu.pe/class13/_13pbayl
y/8th/humanities/cabezadevaca.asp&docid=CNCcpUdUgtNQ8M&imgurl=http://www.amersol.edu.pe/class13/_13pbayly/8th/hu
manities/images/caebzadevaca.jpg&w=225&h=352&ei=upOhTpeuCKmHsgLeqPm0BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=413&vpy=347&d
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=27&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0
Frasisco Vasquez de Coronado
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=francisco+vasquez+de+coronado&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IESearchBox&biw=1122&bih=749&tbm=isch&tbnid=_NxTvP7QYEkwM:&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm&docid=FvwWgg2KTEIoM&imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/images/coronado1.jpg&w=225&h=223&ei=lpWhTu_vDeysAL_wIy0BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=131&vpy=204&dur=686&hovh=178&hovw=180&tx=133&ty=107&sig=1156948569493
12566453&page=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=165&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0
Robert Cavelier de la Salle
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=RobertCavelier+de+la+Salle&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IESearchBox&biw=1122&bih=749&tbm=isch&tbnid=8K2WAAwQiqrhFM:&imgrefurl=http://www.art.com/products/p14366224-sai3031414/french-explorer-rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-lasalle.htm&docid=jTfo79wPIVWZgM&imgurl=http://cache2.artprintimages.com/p/LRG/30/3032/E6VBF00Z/art-print/frenchexplorer-rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-lasalle.jpg&w=338&h=450&ei=ypahTo2BKIitsQKftpS_BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=864&vpy=172&dur=265&hovh=259&hovw=194
&tx=98&ty=139&sig=115694856949312566453&page=1&tbnh=165&tbnw=117&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0