Post on 24-Jun-2015
Chapter 5.2:
Spanish Explore Texas
Pineda Explores the Gulf Coast
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda—drew the
first map of the Texas Gulf Coast
Narvaez & the “Island of Misfortune”
• 1527: lands near in present-day Florida
• Told they could find gold at Apalachee
• Divides ForcesPanfilo de Narvaez
Narvaez & the “Island of Misfortune”
•Become lost in swamps
•No gold found
•Could not find ships
•Built small, flimsy boats
Narvaez & the “Island of Misfortune”
• Storm washed three ships into Matagorda Bay
• Narvaez drowns
• Two ship land on a Texas island—Cabeza de Vaca called it “Malhado”
Narvaez & the “Island of Misfortune”
•Cabeza de Vaca—Spaniard who spent 8 years among the Texas Indians during the 1500s
Cabeza de Vaca
•Worked as a servant and a healer
•Traveled along the Texas coast gathering sea shells and mesquite beans to trade for animals skins
Narvaez & the “Island of Misfortune”
The Spaniards’ Adventures in Texas
• Cabeza de Vaca meets three others
• Estevanico—North African
• Cabeza de Vaca removed an arrowhead from a man’s chest and stitched up the wound—fame as a healer helped him survive.
The Spaniards’ Adventures in Texas
•Estevanico had skills communicating with different Indian groups
Estevanico
The Spaniards’ Adventures in Texas
•1536: The four lost explorers come across a group of Spanish soldiers
•Taken to Mexico & returned to Spain
Cabeza de Vaca Estevanico