Spanish explorers

Spanish Explorers in Texas. Francisco Coronado. Cabeza de Vaca. La Salle. Pineda. Onate. Spanish explorers came to the new world in search of gold. They wanted to conquer a wealthy land. Click on the map to view a video on Spanish explorers to the New World. Cabeza de Vaca.

This is a list of 20 famous Spanish Explorers that made multiple discoveries throughout the New World and helped build a global empire.

I love foldables. They mean less copying for me (which also saves the school $), and the kids do ALL the work. There are no fill-in-the-blanks or multiple choice guessing. Here, then, is the foldable my class will be working on in social studies this coming week. We have read about the Spanish exploration of NM and discussed our thoughts as a class. Now, the students will create a timeline to help solidify the learning and to give it a time context. I’ll give them time, once the foldables…

Spain was the leading European power in rivalry for control of North America and for centuries, dominated the Southern parts of what would become the U.S.

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Illustration: Jonathan Fehr Naked and barefoot, the intrepid Spanish explorer crossed the continent, performed miracles, and managed to compile one of the most comprehensive chronicles of 16th-century Native American life. He was one of the first Europeans to see the American West and to cross the North American continent, walking barefoot and naked from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific. His report to the Spanish king, written in 1542, is the first book set in the American West, and one of…

David Perry says much of what we think we know about Christopher Columbus turns out to be wrong.