“Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish explorer and cartographer whose map marks the document in Texas history.” In 1517, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda had led several expeditions to map the western coasts lines of Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Panuco River, just north of Veracruz.” Ponce De Leon had previously mapped parts of Florida, which he be lived to be an island.” Anton de Alaminos expedition eliminated the western areas as being the site of the passage, leaving the land between the panuco River Florida to be mapped.”
Alminos persuaded governor of Jamaica, Francisco de garay,10 finance an expedition to search the remainder of the gulf. Garay outfitted
