General

• Who am I?

  • I sailed for Spain
  • I sailed in 1492
  • I discover the New World

  Christopher Columbus
• What could be a proper title from the list below?

  _____________

  1. faster routes to Asia and other trade points
  2. to find gold and silver
  3. claim new territory

  Reasons for European Exploration
• What were colonies expected to do to be able to glorify it's mother country?

  Colonies were expected to find and grow "goods" and send them back to their mother country.
• What were the goals of Spanish Exploration? (3 G's)


  1.God

  2.Gold

  3. Glory
• Who am I?

  • His main goal was to find gold after reading Cabeza De Vaca's Journal
  • Went all the way to the Texas Panhandle

  De Coronado
• Who am I?

  • I'm French
  • My main goal was to Colonize the Mississippi River
  • My fort failed because my men killed me and because we ran out of supplies

  La Salle
• Who am I?

  • I am a Spanish Explorer
  • I was the first to map out the Texas coast in 1519


  De Pineda
• Who am I?

  • I was Spanish
  • I shipwrecked on Galveston
  • I was captured by the Karankawas and was held captive for 8 years.
  • I wrote "La Relacion"

  De Vaca