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What led the first group of spanish colonests to jurney to texas?

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In 1519 the Spanish governor of Jamaica sent a fleet of ships under the leadership of Alonzo Álvarez de Piñeda. His mission was to map the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and establish a Spanish colony. ... They were the first Europeans to observe the Texas coast.

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