Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (Spanish: [piˈneða]; 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 and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Mar 10, 2021 · Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519.

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.

In 1519 Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda sailed with a fleet from Jamaica into the Gulf of Mexico. He had been sent to explore the land between Florida and Mexico, both of which the Spanish already controlled. Sailing west from Florida, Pineda reached a large river—the Pánuco— along which were several American Indian villages. Pineda

Dec 31, 2014 · In the beginning of 1519, Alvarez de Pineda along with his two hundreds and seventy soldiers and three ships sailed from Jamaica to explore the northern coastline for the Gulf. Alvarez de Pineda had to change the direction when the wind was too big. At first, he wanted to take the ship east.

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed along the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico, in 1519.

In March 1519 Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, financed by Governor Francisco de Garay of Santiago (Jamaica), set sail for Florida with four ships and 270 men. Pushed west by winds, de Pineda explored the mouth of a great and deep river—either the Mississippi or Mobile Bay and the Alabama River—before traveling along the coast from Texas to ...

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. Ships, men, and money for the expedition were provided by the Governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, who had been on Christopher Columbus' second ...

Sep 30, 2024 · In 1519, Alonzo Álvarez de Piñeda was sent to intercept him. Piñeda is a shadowy figure in Texas history. Bernal Díaz del Castillo, eyewitness historian of the Mexican conquest, identifies Piñeda as commander of four ships sent by Francisco Garay, Spanish Governor of Jamaica, to confront Hernando Cortez on his expedition to conquer Mexico.

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.