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Indigenous people lived in what is now Texas more than 10,000 years ago, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of prehistoric Leanderthal Lady.In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes.
Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1519 until 1821. Spain claimed ownership of the region in 1519. Slave raids by Spaniards into what became Texas began in the 16th century and created an atmosphere of antagonism with Native Americans (Indians) which would cause endless difficulties for the Spanish in the future.
Robert S. Weddle: Alonso Alvarez de Pineda from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved December 23, 2008. Encyclopedia.com: Clotilde P. Garcia, M.D., of Corpus Christi, Texas, for much of the known historical information about Alvarez de Piñeda. Her years of research were conducted in order to prepare a paper to qualify for the issuance of a ...
This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [5] Moreover, the area of present-day Texas was claimed by Spain at this time. [6] The first map of the Gulf of Mexico drawn during the expedition led by Alonso Alvarez de Pineda in 1519 that depicts the coast of Texas for the first time. [7]
Year 1519 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1519th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 519th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 16th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1510s decade.
Bill Walraven, Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport (Woodland Hills, California, 1982) Eugenia Reynolds Briscoe, City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519–1875 (New York: Vantage, 1985) Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Corpus Christi". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
University of Texas at Austin. "San Antonio". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX. Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: Texas". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Journal of the Life and Culture of San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word, OCLC ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tyler, Texas, USA. ... 1519–1543: French Texas: 1684–1689: Spanish Texas: 1690–1821: Mexican Texas ...