Texas Explorers

Discover Texas's early explorers! Match explorers like Coronado and La Salle to their routes and accomplishments.

Matching Match the explorer with what they are known for. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca He led a failed expedition in search of gold and traveled through the interior of Texas and wrote about its plants, animals and natives. Sieur de La Salle French explorer that head to the Mississippi River to build a colony and challenge Spanish control. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda He mapped the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Mexico in 1519. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Inspired by the stories of El Dorado, he led an expedition of hundreds people to find the city of gold. All he found were adobe huts Map Matching Match the explorer with the route they took Sieur de La Salle's Route Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Coronado's Route Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca's Route Alonso Alvarez de Pineda's Route