Explorers’ Routes Map

Drag the timeline and watch 300 years of explorers, forts, and missions race onto the map. Click any route or marker for its story.

Dotted outline = the shape of Texas today, for your bearings.
Pineda 1519 on to Mexico City → Cabeza de Vaca 1528–36 toward Quivira (Kansas) → Coronado 1541 El Camino Real ⚜ La Salle 1685
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