Primarily, it shifted the focus of Spanish interests from western Texas to eastern... Additionally, it established in the minds of the French, a claim to Texas that refused to die ...
-TSHA Handbook of Texas
The excerpt describes results are directly associated with which of the following event?
A.) de Vaca shipwrecks on Galveston Island
B.) La Salle’s exploration of Texas
C.) Columbus’ voyage to the Americas
D.) de Pineda mapping the Gulf Coast