Chocolate Explorers
Christopher Colombus
Hernan Cortes
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
Panfilo de Narvaez
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Estevanico
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Alonzo's Importance
De Pineda's Route along the Gulf of Mexico
I
n 1519, Alonzo commanded a expedition sailed along the
Gulf Coast.
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda and his men were the first
Europeans
to explore and map the Gulf of Mexico. Alvarez was
the one to prove that Florida was not a island
.