Mar 10, 2021 · The stated purpose of Álvarez de Pineda's voyage was to explore the coast between the discoveries of De León on the Florida peninsula and those made on behalf of Velázquez along the southern Gulf, in hope of finding a strait to the Pacific Ocean.

Students look at Alonso Álvarez de Pineda’s map of the Gulf coastline drawn in 1519. Then they read about Cabeza de Vaca’s contribution to our knowledge of pre-settlement Texas. Next they analyze how the myth of the Seven Cities of Gold led Francisco Coronado to …

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.

Jul 1, 2010 · Given that, let me state that Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was the first European to lay eyes on Mustang Island—at least its eastern shore. It was 1519, and this Spaniard was on a royal mission to map the unknown shoreline between Florida and Veracruz—essentially, nothing less than the northern and western boundaries of the Gulf of Mexico!

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 …

University of Texas at Austin General Libraries present a biographical sketch of the Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda d 1520 as part of the Handbook of Texas Online project Alvarez explored the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from

en 1519 el extremeño Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (nacido en la pequeña Aldeacentenera, Cáceres, en 1494) había navegado por la costa occidental de Florida hacia el norte y luego en dirección al oeste y había comprobado que no era isla sino península, y que formaba parte de un territorio gigantesco.

In 1519 the Spanish government commissioned Alonzo Álvarez de Pineda (1494-1519) to explore the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the hope of finding a water passage from the Gulf to the Orient. (A historical marker located in Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas.)

Oct 16, 2023 · Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda ( 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. He was born in Aldeacentenera , Spain.

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