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Early Exploration
Texas History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coast | the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land. |
| Defining | state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of. |
| Absulote chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event in years. |
| Conflicting territorial claims | A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more territorial entities. |
| Characteristics | a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. |
| Eras | An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, |
| Exploration | The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. "voyages of exploration" |
| Gold | a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewelry and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies. 2. |
| Historians | an expert in or student of history, especially that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon. |
| Major Eras | A important time in history. |
| Mapping | A historic map is a map drawn or printed in the past that fosters study and comprehension of the geography or geographical ideas of the time and place in which it was produced. |
| Settlement | a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community. |
| Relative chronology | Relative Chronology: A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events (for example, younger than or older than). Chronology: The order of events according to time. |
| 1519 | the first civil revolt in Anatolia takes place, led by Alevi preacher Celâl. The Spanish invade Barbados. Spanish conquistadors sailing up the Pacific coast from Panama first observe modern-day Nicaragua, landing at Gulf of Nicoya. |
| France and Spain Spanish | Spanish and French are similar in syntax and close in vocabulary due to their latin origin, but they are very different in sound because standard French has a celtic substrat and a germanic superstrat. |
| Era:Age of contact | An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. |
| Alonso Alvarez de Pineda | Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was a Spanish Conquistador and cartographer who was first in Texas history. In 1519, he led several expeditions to map the westernmost coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. |