Mar 10, 2021 · Sketch of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's voyage. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. No account of the voyage itself, by either Álvarez or Garay, has come to light.

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (Spanish:; 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas …

Spanish explorer and mapmaker Captain Alonso Alvarez de Pineda and his crew were probably the first Europeans in Texas, claiming it for Spain. Little is known of Pineda’s early life, but in 1517, he sailed for the Spanish Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay.

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Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda in 1519 with 270 men and 4 of Garay's Ships." According to Bernal Diaz del Castillo (one of Piñeda's officers), Captain Alvarez de Piñeda died as a result of wounds he received while fighting Indians on the Panuco River. He …

Dec 31, 2014 · Facts about Alonso Alvarez de Pineda present the information about the Spanish explorer and cartographer. He lived in 1494 till 1520. He contributed a lot of the Texas History because of his map.

Full-length portrait of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda. He wears 16th century dress. He holds a sword in his proper left hand and a spy glass in his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tall pink granite base. 1984. Dedicated June 24, 1984.

ÁLVAREZ DE PINEDA, ALONSO (?–1520). Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519.

Oct 4, 2024 · Alonso Álvarez de Pineda ([piˈneða]; Aldeacentenera, 1494-1520) was a Spanish explorer and cartographer who was first documented in Texas history. In 1517, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda had led several expeditions to map the western coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatán Peninsula to the Pánuco River, just north of Veracruz.

Alonzo Alvarez De Pineda was a Spanish explorer and a map-maker that, in 1517, was sailing for the Spanish Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay. The Spanish thought there was a sea lane from the gulf of Mexico to Asia.